Best SystemTap Alternatives (17)

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What is SystemTap? SystemTap is an open source scripting language and tool for dynamically tracing Linux systems. It provides information about a running Linux system to help diagnose performance or functional problems.

Top Alternatives to SystemTap

strace

strace

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strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux. It is used to monitor and tamper with interactions …

Ftrace is a Linux kernel internal tracer used to observe and debug kernel behavior, including scheduling, function calls, interrupts, and …

DTrace is a dynamic tracing framework created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in …

ltrace is a debugging utility that intercepts and records dynamic library calls which are called by an executed process. It …

Process Monitor is a advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It can …

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SystemTap Overview

SystemTap is an open source scripting language and tool for dynamically tracing and monitoring Linux systems. It allows users to collect system information in real time to help diagnose performance or functional problems.Some key features of SystemTap include:Allows for dynamic instrumentation of a running Linux kernel without having to recompile or rebootProvides over 500 monitoring probes and tapsets out of the box for things like profiling CPU usage, monitoring disk I/O, tracing network activity, etc.Uses a simple scripting language to …

Pricing: Open Source

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SoftwarePricingScore
SystemTapOpen Source
straceFree
ftraceN/A
DTraceN/A
ltraceN/A
Process MonitorN/A

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