Monitoring the resources of your Linux server and watching for negative trends is one way to stay ahead of potential performance issues, and the sar command will help you do exactly that. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the sar command.
Note: This video was re-uploaded due to a typo in one of the lower-thirds clips.
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## Individual sections:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Installing the required package (Ubuntu)
01:31 - Config files
03:20 - Location of the data file
04:09 - Running the sar command
05:16 - Viewing current metrics
05:46 - Viewing memory usage, swap usage, and IO
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