Linux TOP tools
From Ye Ole Stash
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Meet the Tops
- dstat - RPMFORGE - Swiss Army Knife of top tools, one every sysadmin needs installed! NOTE: The RPMFORGE version has more built in plugins so I recommend it over the base version.
- iptstate - Base OS - IPTABLES State TOP
- atop - RPMFORGE - excellent system overview basically a sar-like top.
- slabtop - base OS
- top - base OS
- htop - RPMFORGE
- apachetop - RPMFORGE
- iftop - RPMFORGE
- dnstop - RPMFORGE
- mtop (MySQL) - RPMFORGE - Outdated but useful to compare vs mytop
- mytop (mysql) - RPMFORGE - MySQL top
- nettop - RPMFORGE
- ntop - RPMFORGE - VERY intense network stats grabber with DB backend support
- iotop - base OS RHEL6 / RPMFORGE - Very nice top for Disk IO!
- virt-top - base OS RHEL6 - great KVM monitoring tool
- ftop - RPMFORGE - RHEL6 (RHEL5?) show progress of open files and file systems
- tcptrack - RPMFORGE
Meet The Stats
- vmstat - Base OS - http://cherry.world.edoors.com/CU0LauKNejGY
- iostat - sysstat - http://cherry.world.edoors.com/Cdx6RbRHlOjQ
- collectl - Source
- vnstat
- lnstat - unified linux network statistics
- lnstat -f rt_cache -c -1 - constant monitor or Routing Table Cache (like rtstat from days gone by)
- nstat
Ways to see whats going on
- strace -v -eopen netstat -s - shows what files netstat opens to read from
Just because they are cool
- lcap - RPMFORGE (Kernel Hardening)
