The sar command can provide detailed system metrics on just about every aspect of system performance. You can query it on as as-needed basis or set it up to provide daily reports. Sar is a system ...

If the sysstat package isn’t installed on your Linux system (which it generally isn’t by default), you can easily grab a copy with your favorite Linux installer — typically one of the following ...

It's a rare occasion that my Linux desktop slows down. That's not to say it never happens, as that would be a lie. Most often, when a system slowdown occurs, I can usually trace it back to a specific ...

ITworld.com – The sar utility, if turned on and configured to run under the default settings, provides quite a bit of performance data at virtually no cost. The sar commands that run via cron are run ...