CPU Usage Monitoring

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:52:13 +0700
Chanchao <custom at freenet.de> wrote:

> > What is a good CPU Usage Monitoring tool?
> 
> Sorry for the off-topic and un-useful reply, but I never quite
> understood the need for one. Like, a speedometer in a car makes sense,
> because going too fast results in a ticket. An altimeter in a plane
> makes sense, because going too low means crashing into things. I can
> stretch myself to see the sense in continuously monitoring seismic
> activity, or your own heart beat. But why the CPU monitoring tool?

Well, if I see CPU jump to 99% for no apparent reason, I tend to dive for a terminal to consult "top" and see which process is misbehaving, then kill it before the machine comes to a grinding halt ;) Here I see this with firefox and java for some reason I haven't yet diagnosed... But at least I know the culprit! 

Richard Stallman would say this was poetic justice...

Besides, issuing commands like "killall" and "kill -KILL" is a good way to deflect my aggressions, since I'm a pacifist ;)

Peter