๐ก Linux top Command Sheet: CPU & Memory โ Executive Summary
Technical architectural analysis, practical configuration manifests, and deployment instructions for Linux top Command Sheet: CPU & Memory.
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topCPU Usage
- us (user): Time used by processes running in user space.
- sy (system): Time used by processes running in kernel space.
- ni (nice): Time used by user processes whose priorities have changed.
- wa (iowait): I/O waiting time.
- hi (hardware interrupts): Time used to handle hardware interrupts.
- si (software interrupts): Time used to handle software interrupts.
- st (steal time): Waiting time due to other virtual machines.
CPU unused
- id (idle): Idle time, unused time.
References and Guidelines (NOTE)
Swap is a virtual memory that uses part of disk space as memory
RAM usage
- Used: Memory actually in use
- Buff/Cache: Memory in use as buffer and cache
- Total: Total usage
RAM unused
- Free: Free memory
- Avail Mem: Memory available for new applications
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