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From: Pol <linux_milano@yahoo.it>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: monitoring swap i/o
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:29:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gkdhar$pgr$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)


I would like to be able to exactly monitor programs i/o in the swap
area; 'top' does not seem to be the right tool as processes are sorted
according to the total amount of swap space used, while i would like
processes with high i/o activity (albeit in small amounts) to be
highlighted. 

My case is with firefox and konqueror. They stay silently for hours, then
i/o starts, as one can hear that typical noise from the disk and as it can
be checked with 'vmstat'.  
Also i would like to locate programs more precisely, to tell which browser
tab, which plugin has triggered that swapping.  

Any hints?

Thank you

--
Pol 


             reply	other threads:[~2009-01-11 19:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-11 19:29 Pol [this message]
2009-01-13  9:05 ` monitoring swap i/o Ron Herbert
2009-01-13 10:00   ` Adrian Calinescu
2009-01-15  9:11   ` Chamith Kumarage

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