Linux-specific tools

The following tools are available for Linux.

Tool Description
sysstat

The sysstat utilities package is a download for Linux that contains performance monitoring tools such as iostat, sar, and mpstat. Iostat and sar are described in “Solaris and Linux tools” on ...; mpstat is described below.

For information and downloads, see http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard.

Mpstat Mpstat is the Linux multiprocessor load display utility. It displays system processor activity information on your screen for each of the processors serialized on your system.