[NBLUG/talk] Disk access stats

[Warren Raquel]

What about snmp. Can't you configure snmpd to give access info?

entemann at thread-softly.com wrote:

>I think iostat may do the trick.
>Don
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>Quoting Steve <srj at adnd.com>:
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>>Ya, I'm aware of this tool, I'm looking for something non-gui that
>>gets stats over time.  Maybe even something that creates output that can
>>be used with MRTG or something.  
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>>The box I'm curiouse about is a server that has no X stuff on it =) 
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>>-Steve
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>>On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 05:06:39PM -0700, E Frank Ball wrote:
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>>>On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:15:55PM -0700, Steve wrote:
>>>} Is there a way to find out stats on disk access on a Linux?
>>>} Mainly I'm curiouse how many reads per sec. and how many writes per sec.,
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>>not to concerned
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>>>} about idle time.
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>>>This may not be what your looking for, but "xosview" has a bargraph
>>>showing disk access in real time.  Reads and writes are different
>>>colors.
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