RunQ is a computer performance management tool. It is designed to
provide IT professionals with a simple tool to keep track of the usage
of their computer resources. It can be used to keep track of daily performance
data and/or to do specific performance or capacity studies.
This version contains the performance collector and data analyzer. Also a perl script is provided to show how to use the tool to store daily performance data in a RDBMS. The CSV output can also be imported into spreadsheets for manipulation and graphing.
As development carries on, more functionality's will be provided and global quality will enhance. and should be used as so. More information on how to use RunQ for specific tasks can be found in a not yet published document.
Currently it is only available on Sparc Solaris 2.6, Sparc Solaris 2.7,
Intel Solaris 8 and Intel Linux 2.4 platform. Future versions are in development.
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This version runs on linux 2.4.
Mandrake users (maybe others) could encountered problems due to the higher security. They will only see their own processes ($ runq procs). It is then adviced to run RunQ as root.
This version has been tested on various Sun boxes.
