Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:44:33 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org>, Momchil Ivanov <idiotbg@gmail.com> Subject: Re: logging system load Message-ID: <200708021344.34110.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200707251950.16938.idiotbg@gmail.com> References: <45aa0f1ea2aa8ccfedf482bc63ea8723@szalbot.homedns.org> <200707251950.16938.idiotbg@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 25 July 2007 20:50, Momchil Ivanov wrote: > На Wednesday 25 July 2007 19:38:41 Zbigniew Szalbot написа: > > Dear all, > > > > Is there a tool similar to top which would measure system load and > > write it to a file that could later be analyzed? The time when my > > system is most loaded happens between 3 and 5 a.m. so a trace of the > > system load would be a wonderful thing to have. I need it to tailor > > some of the jobs accordingly. Any advice? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > You can make a cronjob doing "uptime >> /path/to/logfile" every minute Or perhaps "sysctl -n vm.loadavg" instead of uptime, which is the same information, but requires less scrubbing. Nikos
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