How Install Iostat Linux?
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How do I get Iostat on Linux?

Command to install on different Distros:

  1. On RedHat / CentOS / Fedora yum install sysstat.
  2. On Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint apt-get install sysstat.

What provides Iostat?

The iostat tool, provided by the sysstat package, monitors and reports on system input/output device loading to help administrators make decisions about how to balance input/output load between physical disks. The iostat tool reports on processor or device utilization since iostat was last run, or since boot.

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