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From: eldred@hare.cdc.com (d k eldred 853-4650)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: X version of sar/vsar?
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Date: 17 May 91 13:08:56 GMT
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> Does anybody have an X-ized version of sar/vsar for MIPS boxes?  I'd
> really like to have one of these.

Control Data has a number of X-based performance monitors for its EP/IX
operating system for the Control Data 4000 series.  These include (at last 
count :-) the following utilities:

* XSAR, which is exactly what you're looking for 
* XAP, which displays active processes similar to what was displayed on the 
  Control Data NOS "B-display" or the NOS/VE "ved aj" display 
* VAP, which is a terminfo variant of XAP
* XCPU, which displays a stacked histogram of recent CPU activity broken down
  into user-, system-, waitIO- and idle-percentages
* XCPU2, which displays the same data as XCPU as four separate histograms
* XCPU3, which displays a snapshot of these as a pie chart
* XDAR, which displays disk activity (subset of XSAR)
* XEWS, which monitors systems health and alerts to operator to possible 
  problems before they're serious
* XLPS, which monitors line printers known to a Control Data 4000
* XNET, which displays network traffic (packets read, packets sent, collisions,
  and errors) as four histograms, visually similar to XCPU2

and several more are currently being developed, including an updating version
of "PS", a utility to monitor system calls, and a utility to show memory use.

Through EP/IX 1.3.2 (the latest release) these are available on the "EP/IX
Utilities Package" tape; in the next release these will be bundled with EP/IX
as an optionally installed product.

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