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If the latest version of <code>htop</code> is available at your distribution, there is available an additional tab that shows the <code>I/O</code> metrics of the instance. Here is how to check the available version and install <code>htop</code>.
If the latest version of <code>htop</code> is available at your distribution, there is available an additional tab that shows the <code>I/O</code> metrics of the instance. Here is how to check the available version and install <code>htop</code>.


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Revision as of 13:43, 28 August 2022

There is a cou­ple of tools avail­able that al­lows you to mon­i­tor and an­a­lyze the disk I/O per­for­mance of your Lin­ux dri­ven sys­tem. Here are list­ed few of them and al­so how to in­stall and ex­am­ples of their ba­sic us­age.

Htop 3.2+

If the lat­est ver­sion of htop is avail­able at your dis­tri­b­u­tion, there is avail­able an ad­di­tion­al tab that shows the I/O met­rics of the in­stance. Here is how to check the avail­able ver­sion and in­stall htop.

Screen 1. The new I/O Met­rics tab of htop (v 3.2+). Use Tab to switch to the I/O tab, then use F6 to open the Sort by menu, and sort by IO_WRITE_RATE. The screen­shot is tak­en on Kali Lin­ux 2022. Screen 1. The new I/O Metrics tab of htop (v 3.2+). Use Tab to switch to the I/O tab, then use F6 to open the Sort by menu, and sort by IO_WRITE_RATE. The screenshot is taken on Kali Linux 2022.

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