Linux

You get a call from someone claiming "my system is SLOW". What do you do?

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

  • Check with top for anything unusual
  • Run dstat -t to check if it's related to disk or network.
  • Check if it's network related with sar
  • Check I/O stats with iostat