I've used 'sar' in the past, and I like 'iotop'. 'ionice' is a cool tool as well.
I wish it were as easy to diagnose what consumes my IO on Windows. It seems like everything there runs as a thread in svchost, and so I get no transparency into which program is to blame -- backup, AV, etc. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
