Wondering how much disk i/o is taking place on my linux server (Ubuntu). I decided it was time to install some tools to help me out.
Here is what i am using:
iostat
iostat makes a snapshot of each available physical volume, and shows the current reads and writes of the volumes.
dstat
dstat is a more advanced, and measures both disk i/o as well as network i/o in near real-time.
sample command: dstat -dnyc -f 5