ftrace vs Iotop
A side-by-side look at ftrace and Iotop. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
ftrace
System & Hardware
Ftrace is a Linux kernel internal tracer used to observe and debug kernel behavior, including scheduling, function calls, interrupts, and more. It provides detailed execution tracing of the Linux kernel with low overhead.
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Iotop
System & Hardware
Iotop is a Linux program that provides detailed monitoring of disk I/O usage by processes. It shows a table of current I/O usage with columns for process IDs, process names, type of I/O, bandwidth used, and more.
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