Re: [cobalt-users] server load

["Brian Curtis" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
>
> Our CPU has been pretty heavily loaded for the last few hours and I just
> wondered if there's a command I can run to see which script(s) are hogging
> resources so badly?  I know of netstat (for active connections) and ps ax
> (listing running processes) but none of these tell me which scripts could
be
> causing the high load averages.
>
> Amanda.


Try "top" from the shell.  Hit "h" within top for additional commands.  The
output, I believe, is by default sorted by %CPU usage.  If yours is
different, hit "P" (that's <shift> + P).

BTW, "ps aux" will give you a long listing showing all processes and their
respective CPU/Memory usage.  Use "ps aux | more" if it scrolls more than
one screen length.  You can also sort the "ps" output, i.e.: "ps aux --sort
%cpu".  All this information is available in the man pages (man
<command_name>).

HTH

--
Brian Curtis