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Iotop vs Trickle

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

Iotop

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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Trickle

Trickle

Network & Admin

Trickle is a lightweight internet bandwidth shaper and throttler for Linux. It allows you to manually set a maximum download and upload speed for your internet connection.

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