Re: Swap performance statistics in 2.6 -- which /proc file has it?

[Dominik Kubla]

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> If you need statistics v.s. time, you need to write an application
> that samples things at some fixed interval. In a previous life,
> I requested that "nr_free_pages()" be accessible from user-space,
> probably via /proc. That's all you need. Maybe that could be
> added now?  In any event, samping free pages at some fixed-time
> interval should give you all the information you need.

vmstat -a
sar -B
sar -r

O'Reilly's "System Performance Tuning" might make for an interesting read,
especially pages 110ff (also its Linux informations are a bit out of date).

Regards,
  Dominik Kubla
--
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities.    (Francois Marie Arouet aka Voltaire, 1694-1778)

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