Monitoring CPU utilization?

#1

Hi,
I’m new to linux and ran into this article about: How do I find out Linux CPU utilization

I’m trying to figure out if my server is one of those crowded ones. And a would like to know from the linux users here how would be the best way to monitor that.

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#2

Some people use cron to run uptime and pipe to a file, something like:

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/uptime >> $HOME/uptime-history.txt

#3

Thanks for the tip. I’ve schedule that, but I really don’t know what those 3 numbers mean. What should I get in average? Or max?

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#4

I found this reference http://www.perfdynamics.com/CMG/CMGslides4up.pdf Sorry it’s a pdf but it does go into decent detail.

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#5

[quote]Sorry it’s a pdf

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Link to link with non-pdf of same report:

http://discussion.dreamhost.com/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=forum_troubleshooting&Number=72736

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#6