- Date Created: [[2020-09-29]] - Tags:: [[Software Testing]] [[Load Testing]] [[Software Development]] [[Software Engineering]] [[Monitoring]] [[Server metrics]] - Source: - 1 [[How to Monitor Utilization of Disk IO for Windows and Linux]] - "Monitoring Linux Disk I/O activity using IOTOP and IOSTAT commands First of all, type top command in the terminal to check the load on your server. If the output is not satisfactory, then look into wa status to know the status of Reading and Write IOPS on the hard disk. If it is high, then we need to check I/O activity in Linux box using the iotop or iostat commands. By using iotop command, you can monitor the disk utilization by individual processes. " - `iotop -o` - "By typing the iotop command with o option, you will get the actual I/O activity. " - ![](assets/1621807239_25.png) - [1]([[How to Monitor Utilization of Disk IO for Windows and Linux]]) - `opstat -dx 5` - "With the help of iostat command, you will get the individual hard disk I/O activity. The below screenshot shows 28 and 17 percent of the utilization of disks. " - ![](assets/1621807240_26.png) - [1]([[How to Monitor Utilization of Disk IO for Windows and Linux]])