sysstat ☆
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Description:
Performance monitoring tools for Linux
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: System utilities
Tags: monitoring performance system utilities metrics
Install: brew install sysstat
About:
Sysstat is a collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux, including the sar, iostat, and pidstat commands. It provides system administrators with detailed metrics on CPU, memory, I/O, and network activity. The package helps track system resource usage over time for capacity planning and troubleshooting.
Key Features:
  • Real-time and historical system activity reporting
  • Resource utilization tracking for CPU, memory, and I/O
  • Automatic data collection via cron for long-term analysis
  • Network interface and kernel table statistics
Use Cases:
  • Troubleshooting slow system performance and bottlenecks
  • Capacity planning based on historical resource usage trends
  • Monitoring disk I/O and network activity on servers
Alternatives:
  • netdata – Real-time web-based monitoring with a more modern UI
  • prometheus-node-exporter – Exposes system metrics for time-series monitoring systems
Version History
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Jul 3, 2024 11:48am 0 VERSION_BUMP 37cea6f0
Jun 22, 2023 2:14pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 7672e6d4
Jun 22, 2023 12:26pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 64185154
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