Re: performance AIX

From: Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link (_at_Epost.de)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 17:25:30 +0100

yls177 wrote:
> "Andreas Schulze" <b79xan@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<bovbun$8d2@news-1.bank.dresdner.net>...
>
>><chandan_teck@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>news:517c4b2c.0311122236.58e37e76@posting.google.com...
>>
>>>Hi All
>>>A Simple query:
>>>
>>>Do we have an equivalent tool on AIX similiar to "top" on Linux. I
>>>wanna see the processes and the equivalent CPU consumption.
>>>
>>>Thanks in Advance.
>>>Chandan Teckchandani
>>>chandan_teck@yahoo.com
>>
>>Hallo Chandan,
>>
>>check this out
>>- nmon and nmon64 (your first choice, available from IBM website)
>>- monitor (freeware for AIX, has become old don't know whether it is
>>available for 5L Kernel)
>>- topas (comes with AIX media but is not recommended)
>>and, for a first glance, simply try
>># ps aux | head
>>
>>Search this group for further details.
>>HTH
>>Andreas
>
>
>
>
> why topas is not recommended

On my 7006-42T topas shows 1.900 KByte/s inbound.
It's only a 10MBit half-duplex interface...
AIX 5.1 ML5 with latest patches.
The hdisks are twice as fast, but only in topas ;-(

Works on AIX 4.3.3 

---
Uli

Relevant Pages

  • Re: PgSp and Paging Space
    ... What's the exact error they are receiving? ... AIX Systems Administrator ... I had him run the command while I monitored the system with "topas". ...
    (AIX-L)
  • Re: Top equivalent of aix
    ... I find topas to be OK, but I really like nmon. ... what you're interested in on a particular occasion. ... New to AIX? ...
    (AIX-L)
  • New performance world record on 7009-C20!!!
    ... I'm able to squeeze 3.800 kByte/s through the Auto LANStreamer ... token-ring with AIX 5.1 ML7 ... AIX 4.3.3 ML11 topas worked. ...
    (comp.unix.aix)
  • A simple one re: topas
    ... Looking for the safest way to give a user access to topas under AIX 5.2 ... Currently just executes but returns nothing. ...
    (comp.unix.aix)