Install iotop on linux host

Install iotop on linux host

Iotop is utility used to identify which process, user consumes more io. This post explains on how to install iptop on linux host. By default iostat won’t be come by default.

Implementation:

On ubuntu host, execute the following command to install iotop. Press y to complete the installation.

apt-get install iotop

On centos Host, execute the following command to install iotop. Press y to complete the installation.

yum install iotop

Execute the following to command to get the real io stats.

iotop

To know more about iotop commands and usage, execute the following command.

man iotop