Re: getting cpu statistics - munin

[Csillag Tamas <cstamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vladimir Mitiouchev wrote:
> On 10/17/06, Csillag Tamas <cstamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > for FreeBSD which queries kern.cp_time via sysctl.
> > But on DFlyBSD I get: sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.cp_time'.
> > What is the best way of doing this?
> Use (8)iostat.
>
> losalamos:...sources/src/sys$ iostat -C -t proc -d
>            cpu
> us ni sy in id
> 14  0  6  2 78
>
> It's the same info as kern.cp_time used to give.

Well it is not the *same* but good enough.
kern.cp_time is an always incrementing number and should be stored as 
DERIVE in rrdtool

iostat gives percentage as a result, so this sophisticated algorithm is 
not needed. It can be stored as GAUGE.

Thanks that's the thing I was looking for!

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