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How Do I Check my Resource Usage on the Yens?
If you would like to check your resource usage on the Yens, there are a few tools available.
htop
allows you to get an overview of the activity on the whole system that you are logged into. Furthermore, you can inspect your own processes by typinghtop -u <SUNetID>
. A lot more information about how to decipher the information produced with this command can be found on this page.gsb-watcher
is a tool written by our team that outputs your CPU and memory usage in one-line statements every second. This is especially useful when you are actively monitoring a running script.topbyuser
is another tool written by us that lists out the active users on the Yen you are logged into and the amount of resources they are currently using.
Important:
We have community guidelines to illustrate responsible use of our shared resources that our users are expected to follow. These guidelines ensure that the servers can remain accessible to everyone.
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