{"id":27442,"date":"2017-03-20T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27442"},"modified":"2017-03-20T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:50:51","slug":"how-to-monitor-your-linux-servers-with-nmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/20\/how-to-monitor-your-linux-servers-with-nmon\/","title":{"rendered":"How to monitor your Linux servers with nmon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/20\/how-to-monitor-your-linux-servers-with-nmon\/nmon16f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f.png?fit=658%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"658,470\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nmon16f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f.png?fit=658%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f-500x357.png?resize=500%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f.png?resize=500%2C357&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmon16f.png?w=658&amp;ssl=1 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/how-to-monitor-your-linux-servers-with-nmon\/\">How to monitor your Linux servers with nmon<\/a>&#8221; article provides some details on how to use the comprehensive server monitoring tool &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/nmon.sourceforge.net\/pmwiki.php\">nmon<\/a>&#8221; (Nigel&#8217;s Monitor) to keep an eye on your server or two. \u00a0If you have more than a handful of servers, you&#8217;d probably opt out for a full blown monitoring solution, like Zabbix, but even with that, nmon can be useful for quick troubleshooting, screenshots, and data collection.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard of nmon before and even used it occasionally. \u00a0What I didn&#8217;t know was that it can collect system metrics into a file, which can then later be analyzed and graphed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmon.sourceforge.net\/pmwiki.php?n=Site.Nmonchart\">nmonchart<\/a> tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/20\/how-to-monitor-your-linux-servers-with-nmon\/nmonchart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?fit=1024%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nmonchart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?fit=660%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart-500x253.png?resize=500%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?resize=500%2C253&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?resize=768%2C389&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nmonchart.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty handy. \u00a0The extra bonus is that these tools are available in most Linux distributions, so there is no need to download\/compile\/configure things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;How to monitor your Linux servers with nmon&#8221; 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