Sysstat

{{Notability|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox software

|name = sysstat

|developer = Sébastien Godard

|latest_release_version = 12.7.7{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/tags|title = Sysstat: Tags|website = GitHub}}

|latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|2025|02|02}}

|operating_system = Linux

|genre = System reporting

|license = GPLv2

|programming_language= C

|repo = {{URL|github.com/sysstat}}

|website = {{URL|sysstat.github.io}}

}}

sysstat (system statistics) is a collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux. It is available on Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

{{cite web |title=SYSSTAT Howto: A Deployment and Configuration Guide for Linux Servers |url=https://www.linux.com/learn/sysstat-howto-deployment-and-configuration-guide-linux-servers |website=Linux.com {{!}} The source for Linux information |date=10 August 2009 |access-date=4 September 2018 |language=en}}

Software included in sysstat package:

• {{man|1|sar |die.net| Collect, report, or save system activity information.}}
• {{man|8|sa1 |die.net| Collect and store binary data in the system activity daily data file.}}
• {{man|8|sa2 |die.net| shell variant of sar, supporting the same flags as sar command which write a daily report in the /var/log/sa directory.}}
• {{man/format|1|sadf|http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/man_sadf.html|, similar to sar but can write its data in different formats (CSV, XML, etc.). This is useful to load performance data into a database, or import them in a spreadsheet to make graphs.}}
• {{man|1|iostat|die.net|reports basic CPU statistics and input/output statistics for devices, partitions and network filesystems.}}
• {{man|1|mpstat|die.net|reports individual or combined processor related statistics.}}
• {{man|1|pidstat|die.net|reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes) : I/O, CPU, memory, etc.}}
• {{man|1|nfsiostat|die.net|reports input/output statistics for network filesystems (NFS).}}
• {{man|1|cifsiostat|die.net| reports I/O statistics for CIFS resources.}}