Sar (Unix)

sar
Stable release
sysstat 12.1.1[1] / October 13, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-13)
Preview release
sysstat 11.7.4 / June 1, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-01) [2]
Repositorygithub.com/sysstat/sysstat/
Written inC
Operating systemAIX, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX
TypeSystem reporting
Websitesebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr//
Called regularly by cron, sadc does the monitoring and stores its measurements to files in the /var/log/sa/ folder. The sar client can be used to explore this data.

System Activity Report (sar) is a Unix System V-derived system monitor command used to report on various system loads, including CPU activity, memory/paging, interrupts, device load, network and swap space utilization. Sar uses /proc filesystem for gathering information.[3]

  1. ^ "Release v12.1.1: Sysstat-12.1.1 · sysstat/Sysstat". GitHub.
  2. ^ "SYSSTAT". sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr.
  3. ^ "SYSSTAT". sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr.