slow linux

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Install nmon.
Start nmon and type:
mct
That will show you processes, memory and CPU usage.
The box is probably doing a lot of 'Waiting' created because of a bunch of 
IO when swapping.
Cure?
Buy more memory...
YMMV...
ET 

PS: You can also use lsof to identify what resources are being tied up by 
which processes.  Problem is that you may not be able to run lsof because 
the box is unresponsive.
Yo may need to resort to SNMP. 

 

Michael Havens writes: 

> what a drag! Things are slowing to a crawl! For instance, it takes 5
> seconds for Caja to open. Then it takes 3 seconds to open a folder in the
> side panel. That isn't actually that bad but when I click the Menu button
> sometimes it can take up to fifteen seconds for the list to load. Any ideas
> as to why it is being such a drag?
> :-)~MIKE~(-: