[gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it...
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
Try sys-process/iotop: Iotop has a top-like UI used to show which process is using the I/O. -- Johann Schmitz http://www.j-schmitz.net
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
Michael Sullivan пишет: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... At first look at your swap consumption with help of utility 'free'. May be you have not enough memory... best regards, Zhen
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
Michael Sullivan schrieb: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... sys-process/iotop or sys-process/latencytop, but I would suggestion the first, because it its more your needs. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard > drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd > really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad > that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... In addition to the suggestions from the others, 'lsof' will show you which files are open by what programs at any given time.
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard > drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd > really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad > that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... > # emerge app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools # lm-profiler Liviu
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:16:49 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard > drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd > really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad > that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... I'd check it with smartmontools. -- Neil Bothwick "Give me Liberty, fries, and two cokes to go!" "*CUT!*" signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive
Hi, sys-process/iotop is like top but process are classified by disk activity. Regards. Neil Bothwick a écrit : On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:16:49 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... I'd check it with smartmontools.
