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DTrace is very useful for certain tasks that are traditionally hard to do on Unix. Mainframe OSes for example make it easy to figure out who is doing the most
by patrickg-zill 18y ago
DTrace is very useful for certain tasks that are traditionally hard to do on Unix. Mainframe OSes for example make it easy to figure out who is doing the most disk IO etc. while under Unix this is tough. DTrace allows for enough visibility to figure out most things that a Mainframe OS would let you find out.