Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:17:23 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: muir@idiom.com (David Muir Sharnoff) Cc: n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/115: systat iostat display doesn't scale high enough Message-ID: <199907162017.OAA52214@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <199907161945.MAA10762@idiom.com> from David Muir Sharnoff at "Jul 16, 1999 12:45:32 pm"
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David Muir Sharnoff wrote... > > * The problem here is that the scale at the top has to work for three > * different things -- megabytes per second, transactions per second, and > * kilobytes per transaction. > * > * We could make the scale larger, so that you get a better picture of > * transactions per second, but then the scale would be off for megabytes per > * second on most systems. (kilobytes per transaction as well) > * > * Really, IMO, the standard systat -iostat display isn't very useful. I > * think the :numbers version of the display is more useful, and easier > * to read. > * > * The -vmstat display gives you more overall information, and iostat(8) is > * better for long term statistics gathering. > > I have to translate that as: > > I don't see a good way to fix the problem > > It isn't that important anyway because there are better > displays available anyway. > > A bit of a cop-out but systat at least displays a number when things > can't fit. In '95 I don't think it did that. Yeah, it is somewhat of a cop out. If you've got a better idea of how to do it, feel free to submit patches. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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