RE: unstable system question

[jim ruxton <cinetron passport ca>]

> Do you have the package sysstat installed?  This is an optional package
> that records a wide range of system statistics at 5 minutes intervals
> (via cron).  I have found it quite helpful in reviewing what was
> happening leading up to a problem situation, although as you indicated
> with top, it may not continue to run at the critical times.  It does
> record it's data in a file in /var/log/sa/ directory, so the data is
> still present after a machine crash or a reboot.


This sounds like a useful package, I'll definitely download and put it
to work. Thanks.
Jim