The job of the system admin is never done. Security, software rollouts, updates, user management, network I/O…you name it, and the admin has to do it. All those duties can bog the admin down during their day. When one thing goes wrong, all other things might get shoved to the side.

Because of this, every admin needs the proper tools for the task. This is so, regardless of platform. Of course, Linux admins have a veritable cornucopia of command line tools to select from. But with so many tools at your disposal, which should you use?

Find out more about the tools available to keep you apprised of system resources in Linux in this TechRepublic Premium article.