I tend to use top firstly. I also find 'ps -auxf' useful as it shows the % cpu and mem usage for each process but also shows subprocesses so if something is a child of another thing which is dying you can see what to kill :-)<br>
<br>Perhaps nothing you didn't already know but hope it's helpful :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/27 Iain Barnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iainspeed@gmail.com">iainspeed@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Anyone got any good tips or tools for getting a bit more drill down onto a hungry process? I'm looking at some docs on 'vmstat', but beyond that, 'ps' and 'top' I've got little idea where to start.</div>
<div></div><div>I do have a particular problem process to look at, but I'm more interested in the general methods people have found helpful than just fixing this one thing.</div><div></div><div>Iain</div><div></div>
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