Averaging dstat output

Question

I need to average upload and download speed using dstat -n.

How can I add all the received and sent datas that appear after dstat -n, so that I can add them and find average upload and download speed over some period of time?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '13 at 16:58

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You could pass the arguments for delay (number of seconds) and counter (number of times) to run, and capture the output in a txt or csv file.

Check the dstat manual (see arguments section):

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/dstat.1.html

dstat -n 5 10 >> /tmp/dstat_speed.txt

The above runs 10 times for every 5 seconds.

answered Jan 25 '13 at 16:58

Ram G

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I know that.Give me the way to add them,not print to a file. – Optimus Prime Jan 25 '13 at 17:01
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Okay found it,adding columns in a file,using this method – Optimus Prime Jan 25 '13 at 17:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '13 at 06:29

Here is how to do it. Let's say we need to average it for "2 min(120 sec)". First write it to a file named stat.txt.Refresh every second fro 120 times.

       dstat -n 1 120 >> stat.txt

Add the columns of stat.txt

       awk -F" " '{t1=t1+$1;t2=t2+$2}END{t1=t1/120;t2=t2/120;print t1"\t"t2}' stat.txt

Remove stat.txt

       rm stat.txt

We can make a script too from these commands.

Averaging dstat output

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