iostat- Monitoring I/O statistics
The iostat command is used for monitoring system input/output device loading by observing the time the devices are active in relation to their average transfer rates. The iostat command generates reports that can be used to change system configuration to better balance the input/output load between physical disks.
iostat - Report Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output statistics for devices and partitions.
SYNOPSIS
iostat [ -c | -d ] [ -k ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -x ] [ { device [ … ] | ALL} ] [ -p [ { device | ALL } ] ] [ interval [ count ] ]
Iostat command is veryuseful commands for system admins and DBA’s for anlaysing the system load .
Usually system admins and DBA’s requires a link to the site where he can find the necessary informations,
Below are the links which gives more idea about the iostat man pages,monitoring, analysing etc ..
man page
Solaris Performance Monitoring & Tuning
Solaris Performance Monitoring & Tuning - iostat
Displaying I/O Statistics
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