Memory is one of the most important parts of your Unix system for performance. Let's look at some commands that will tell you what you need to know about the memory on the systems you manage is ...

If you’re here until now, then you have probably understood how to check battery status using the Linux command line. The above methods work as expected in order to find out your battery information.

The lshw utility can tell you a little about your DRAM (try -C memory to limit the output). The dmidecode -t memory command can also display a few things. There are probably more.

To help troubleshoot your Linux datacenter servers, you need the right tools. Jack Wallen introduces you to one such tool, iostat.

I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When you do, consider these commands.