Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:32:19 -0700 (PDT) From: dave@atkinshome.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cpu utilization on multi-processor machine Message-ID: <20020430103221.24642.h014.c001.wm@mail.atkinshome.com.criticalpath.net>
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What is the most accurate command to obtain the current cpu utilization and memory usage on a dual processor system? Basically, I am looking for something analogous to the task/manager / performance monitor in Windows (but not graphical--I don't install any of that stuff on the BSD boxes). I have used various commands such as systat, top, and vmstat but 1) they do not break down CPU utilization into the two processors 2) they do not appear to report a comparable (to Windows) %utilization number 3) I don't understand how to interpret all the memory metrics into a simple data point - percent of physical memory used. If anyone can post example syntax with results and how to interpret them, this would be great. I'm not a total Windows tool or anything...but in my mixed environment, I need some comparable metrics to demonstrate what I hope is true...that freeBSD is outperfoming Windows. Dave Atkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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