On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Antonello Piemonte wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Antonello Piemonte <apiemont at googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] I/O size distribution? > > Thanks for all the suggestions. > > I had a look at systemtap but I have the feeling that in it's current > state it is aimed more at kernel developers rather than average admins > like me :-) > > Still, I'll keep an eye on it also give the fact that there seem to be > now new documentation being written about it > > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/pdf/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide.pdf > > On the other end, I have discovered blktrace and related tools, and > this seems more palatable to me (subjective, I know ...). This example > in particular seems to work for me > > # blktrace /dev/sda -a issue -a complete -w 60 -o - | blkiomon -I 4 -h - > > thought to share in case anyone finds it useful. Can I use this to monitor which files are being written to disk? Keith -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with Centos 5.5