File system performance monitoring

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:35:27 EST
mike ledoux said:

>On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:17:14PM -0500, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone know of some basic tools which help monitor file system read/
>> write performance?  I'm not looking to benchmark anything, I need to 
>> determine what the current metrics are under certain conditions.
>
>I think 'iostat' is exactly what you're looking for.  Try 'iostat -x 60 -t'.

Errrr, I knew that!  Thanks, both Bruce and mike!  I'll go play with 
iostat and see what I can dig up.

Thanks again!
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