As a Linux administrator, it’s important to keep an eye on how your server (or servers) is performing. One way to measure its performance is to track the CPU usage. This will give you insight into the performance of the system as well as show how the hardware resources are being divided up across the various running services.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-check-and-monitor-cpu-utilization-on-linux
In this guide, we’ll go over a few methods to check and monitor the CPU utilization on a Linux system. Whether you are in charge of a server or just your personal desktop, the computer’s CPU usage is useful information that’s easy to acquire.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-check-and-monitor-cpu-utilization-on-linux