Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines

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Stats

I’ve found stats [1] to be a great open source alternative to the iStat Menus system monitor app mentioned in the article. [1] <a href="https://github.com/exelban/stats">https://github.com/exelban/stats</a>.

#Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions

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MobaXterm

#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 39 social mentions

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GKrellM

I always wanted more feedback, so that even in the mechanical disks and lots of fans era my desktop has always shown more data with GKrellM plus some of its plugins, namely multiping to show the status of my NAS and router, and bubblefishymon for a funny but very effective and immediate way to show that system load is growing suspiciously before fans start screaming. http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/ As for servers, embedded systems or any other situation where a traditional monitor can't be used, cheap external LCD modules showing system stsatus can be interfaced via serial, USB or parallel ports through lcdproc. https://www.lcdproc.org/.

#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Tool 11 social mentions

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XMeters

Oh, there were a ton of these utils back in the days. I can't vouch for any of them because I don't use them, but just a quick search for "cpu utilization hdd utilization in the taskbar" shows a lot of options, eg https://entropy6.com/xmeters/ Or even running the default Task Manager so it would be only in the notification area and not in the taskbar: https://superuser.com/questions/666597/always-show-windows-cpu-monitor-graphic-in-taskbar#1326580.

#Device Management #Monitoring Tools #System Information 5 social mentions