checking server load from ruby?

[dc]

hi -

are there any ruby library functions for checking server load and
general system status?
or should i just use something like `uptime` ?

tx!

/dc

 

[Alexandru E. Ungur]

sender: "dc" date: "Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:11:19PM +0900" <<<EOQ

hi - Hello,

are there any ruby library functions for checking server load and
general system status?
or should i just use something like `uptime` ?

I for one just use this:
~>> irb=> "0.57 0.47 0.35 1/197 1862\n"

but a quick gem search reveals a gem that might be related to this:
~>> gem search -r uptime

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

sys-uptime (0.4.5, 0.4.4)
A Ruby interface for getting system uptime information.


Cheers,
Alex

 

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

hi -

are there any ruby library functions for checking server load and
general system status?
or should i just use something like `uptime` ?

It depends on whether you want to lock yourself into a specific OS or
not. Just out of curiosity, what's your goal here? What will you
application *do* with the information?

 

[Zev Blut]

Hi David,

are there any ruby library functions for checking server load and
general system status?
or should i just use something like `uptime` ?

Well calling `uptime` will certainly work and maybe the most simple.
Although, if you are looking for an API that abstracts this a bit,
take a look at Daniel Berger's sysutils projects at:

http://rubyforge.org/projects/sysutils

Cheers,
Zev