Re: monitoring swap i/o

Hello,

> Firefox: i think firefox is a monolith a tab isn't a childprozess (may
> be you find a addone, that say you more about firefox)

You are right, the only browser I know of that runs every tab as a separate 
process is Chrome.

--Adrian.

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From: "Ron Herbert" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:05 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: monitoring swap i/o

> looks on "sar" you can report statistics for a given process (or from
> the system)
>
> Firefox: i think firefox is a monolith a tab isn't a childprozess (may
> be you find a addone, that say you more about firefox)
>
>
> fridy
>
> 2009/1/11, Pol <[email protected]>:
>>
>> I would like to be able to exactly monitor programs i/o in the swap
>> area; 'top' does not seem to be the right tool as processes are sorted
>> according to the total amount of swap space used, while i would like
>> processes with high i/o activity (albeit in small amounts) to be
>> highlighted.
>>
>> My case is with firefox and konqueror. They stay silently for hours, then
>> i/o starts, as one can hear that typical noise from the disk and as it 
>> can
>> be checked with 'vmstat'.
>> Also i would like to locate programs more precisely, to tell which 
>> browser
>> tab, which plugin has triggered that swapping.
>>
>> Any hints?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> --
>> Pol
>>
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