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Per Process I/O usage statistics on Linux

Sep 23, 2009, 16:06 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Levent Serinol)

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"You can check if your kernel has built with I/O account by just simply checking /proc/self/io file. If it exists then you have I/O accounting built-in.
"There is a utility called iotop which collects these values and shows you in like top utility. You see your processes I/O activity with iotop utility."

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