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How to check the load of the hard disk on Linux?

You can use the iostat command to check the load of hard disk on Linux. iostat stands for Input/Output statistics and is a part of the sysstat package which is pre-installed on many Linux distributions.

To check the load of hard disk, run the following command in the terminal:

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sudo apt-get install sysstat

iostat -h
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avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
           0.09    0.01    0.05    0.00    0.00   99.85

Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
loop0
                  0.00         0.00         0.00          8          0
sda
                  0.21         0.60         7.87    2814999   37241133