vmstat
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vmstat (virtual memory statistics) is a computer system monitoring tool that collects and displays summary information about operating system memory, processes, interrupts, paging and block I/O. Users of vmstat
can specify a sampling interval which permits observing system activity in near-real time.
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Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
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Initial release | February 1985; 39 years ago (1985-02) |
Operating system | Unix and Unix-like |
Type | Command |
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The vmstat tool is available on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, such as FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris.