In Unix (linux), How Do I Find Which Process Is Making Lots Of I/o ?
I have a server where many people run different programs. Currently the CPU is almost idle, but the machine is doing lots of I/O (as reported by vmstat), and anything that needs I/O (disk) runs terribly slow.
Is there any easy way to find out for sure which process is doing the I/O ?
Which Sites Freely Teaches Unix And Any Sites To Download Unix Safely And How To Switch Between Windows & Unix
Unix, or Linux?
You can find copious amounts of information all over the web.
Solaris is now FREE. http://www.solaris.com
If you want true UNIX, there you go.
If you want Linux (Unix like, but born for the PC), then I suggest
Fedora Corehttp://fedora.redhat.com
Ubuntu is goodhttp://www.ubuntu.com/
Whatever “flavor” of Linux you choose, only download the ISOs from the products official web [...]
Which Is More Advantageous? Learning Linux Or Unix?
i am really interested to learn an operating system. i am a beginner and have not worked with linux or unix which do you think would help me better learning unix or linux?
Read MoreWhich Unix Commands Should I Type To Find The Os Version And Machine Spec?
uname -a will give OS version and some clue as to hardware. Getting the machine spec depends on what flavour of UNIX you are using. For Solaris it is /usr/platform/`uname -m`/sbin/prtdiag -v. Not sure about HP-UX or AIX though. (Sometimes you can get bits and pieces from the dmesg command)
Read MoreFor General Purpose Use, If You Have To Choose Between Windows, Linux Or Unix, Which One Would You Use?
linux is a must for surfing the net windows is just not secure enough and it costs way to much. Also macs are too costly for the average home user per unit. Linux just makes sense, its cheap, powerfull, secure and very flexable
Read MoreWhich Do You Think Is The Best Open Source Unix-type Operating System?
One of the various Linux distributions – such as RedHat / Fedora, Suse, Debian, Slackware? Or would it be one of the others such as FreeBSD or another free UNIX type system?
Read MoreWhich Pays More, Network Security Or Windows/unix Administrator?
Generally Network Security pays more. It’s more specialized and there are less security specialists around than there are admins.
For the most part there’s not a huge difference between the two as far as skillsets, since an admin should be quite familiar with security. However, the security issues most admins deal with is related to users [...]
What Is The Latest Verion Of Unix ? Where I Can Download For Free ? Which Unix Is Used Widely ?
There is only one Unix but many derivatives of it. What you are probably looking for is a Linux distribution. You have a myriad number of options. Those in wide use include:
> RedHat
> Ubuntu
> Suse
Have a peek at ww.distrowatch.com.
Which Is Easier To Manage From An It User Standpoint (windows Xp Or Unix)??
This greatly depends on your in house staff. Where I work, we find managing UNIX/Linux systems much easier than MS Windows but that is because we have a larger number of UNIX system administrators. If your staff is mostly MS Windows administrators, good luck on getting them to even touch non-MS systems.
Read MoreLinux Or Unix Which One Has The Bright Future.?
I am a technical engineer in one of the company.I am confused about my career.which field is better and please give me the some websites for notes reference.
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