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DTrace vs lshw

A side-by-side look at DTrace and lshw. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

DTrace

DTrace

Os & Utilities

DTrace is a dynamic tracing framework created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time. It allows administrators, developers, and service personnel to concisely answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the operating system and user programs.

tracingtroubleshootingdebugging
lshw

lshw

System & Hardware

lshw is a small tool for displaying detailed information about the hardware configuration of a system. It can extract information such as CPU speed, memory size, firmware version, etc.

hardwaresystem-information

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