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"DTrace can be used to get a global overview of a running system, such as the amount of memory, CPU time, filesystem and network resources used by the active pr
by MikeKusold 14y ago
"DTrace can be used to get a global overview of a running system, such as the amount of memory, CPU time, filesystem and network resources used by the active processes. It can also provide much more fine-grained information, such as a log of the arguments with which a specific function is being called, or a list of the processes accessing a specific file."
For anyone else that wasn't aware what Dtrace does.
Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace
- delano 14y agoAnd the overhead is extremely minimal which allows you to collect data in production while an application is running (without restarting).