From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 00:54:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87D4816A420 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamebus@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D6713C4B6 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamebus@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so732913pye for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:54:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=MQsXb0OjKkobSZbOQRl4GLDS6RKFaaeYOE+p1+UHRie8YFbozTJ27peNkrF5aaNiiQNxtYeGPIp9CuDq+oY04E3uh3EfOyLFuMlnJoV7u3hP5XdRvXxWr/45BmM1rFtQcYFyGEvuK8gRWIRTkL5EM4i9sUhHXDw/6cbZC0PtfP8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=uMogakaStFPUSFZgdj2E7A8r60edxlmdFi36WF40CsDSsp4hcm2orF6dWXzCh9R6y0WqJU+5ErgN1ID/MiTIFj3qpH3Ax7tpoAO+J12AcSxwb/nz7f+KRDZFXV+vF4/5+sn5ajdKK5S4Y+ubhCcLQeaUdypLuKTg8pIbQwki/h8= Received: by 10.64.27.13 with SMTP id a13mr2156235qba.1185409816170; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:30:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.124.6 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:30:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:30:16 -0500 From: James Sender: jamebus@gmail.com To: "Zbigniew Szalbot" In-Reply-To: <45aa0f1ea2aa8ccfedf482bc63ea8723@szalbot.homedns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45aa0f1ea2aa8ccfedf482bc63ea8723@szalbot.homedns.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 80960a5c4ad0a6ae Cc: Freebsd questions Subject: Re: logging system load X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:54:20 -0000 On 7/25/07, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Is there a tool similar to top which would measure system load and > write it to a file that could later be analyzed? sysutils/bsdsar works pretty well for me. Only problem is on some systems it'll occasionally get confused and parse out the wrong values from the commands it runs (top and such) and end up logging crazy values such as "0% idle" when it's really "100% idle". Despite that problem I'd recommend it -- it's a useful tool IMHO. -- James.