Information about the package, dstat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dstat package is designed for, Versatile resource statistics tool.
Package Name:
dstat
Summary:
Versatile resource statistics tool
Description:
Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of their limitations and adds some extra features, more counters and flexibility. Dstat is handy for monitoring systems during performance tuning tests, benchmarks or troubleshooting. Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources instantly, you can eg. compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from your IDE controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval). Dstat gives you detailed selective information in columns and clearly indicates in what magnitude and unit the output is displayed. Less confusion, less mistakes.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.7.0
Release:
3.el6_9.1
Size:
146 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the dstat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dstat
This command will install dstat on the server.
yum remove dstat
This command will un-install dstat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dstat
This command will un-install dstat on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dstat when using the -y flag.
yum update dstat
This command will update dstat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dstat
This command will update dstat to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dstat when using the -y flag.
yum info dstat
This command will show you core information about the dstat package.
yum deplist dstat
This command will show you the dependencies for dstat. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update dstat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dstat. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.