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

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