Beef up your Ubuntu Linux system admin toolkit with these essential system monitoring tools

To keep systems in optimum shape, administrators need to be able to monitor them closely. Fortunately, Ubuntu provides a wealth of utilities designed to give you as much or as little feedback as you want. In this chapter download from Ubuntu Unleashed, Second Edition, investigate basic monitoring tools as well as tactics designed to keep your Ubuntu Linux system up longer. Learn how to monitor network connectivity, memory, and hard drive usage. Also learn how to manipulate active system processes using a mixture of graphical and command-line tools.

Title: Ubuntu Unleashed, Second Edition
Author: Paul Hudson, Andrew Hudson
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Chapter 16: System Resources
ISBN: 0-672-32951-46; Copyright 2007, Sams Publishing. All rights reserved.
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