You can also use this page to check each process's ID, user, memory, and more. The Resources tab shows current CPU, memory, and network usage as line graphs. 2. Use the 'top' command (Image ...

However, it's still possible to check CPU and RAM usage this way. If using the command line, simply type in the command "Free" and an overview of the memory usage will appear.

If you want to focus on a single user, top can be used much in the same way that it is used above. Just add a username with the -U option as shown below and press the shift+m keys to order by ...

Jack Wallen introduces you to one such tool, iostat. If you employ Linux in your data center, you know how powerful it can be. Linux contains more tools than most admins will ever use.

While it’s one of the best tools for examining performance on Linux, htop still requires some explanation before you’ll be ready to take advantage of all the data it displays. It’s an ...

Unix/Linux computers use “caching” to improve disk I/O. In a disk caching design a portion of main memory is used to store temporary copies of the blocks of data that are permanently stored on ...

I've been using a minimal install of FreeBSD as a file server lately, and while I'm happy with it, I decided to try out Debian as well (just to learn more about Linux). What surprised me is that ...