Install iotop by entering the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt install iotop
Description:
simple top-like I/O monitor
iotop does for I/O usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It watches I/O usage information output by the Linux kernel and displays a table of current I/O usage by processes on the system. It is handy for answering the question "Why is the disk churning so much?". . iotop can only run under a Linux 2.6.20 or later kernel built with the CONFIG_TASKSTATS, CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT, CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING and CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS build config options on.
Homepage: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/
Version: 0.6-2
Section: admin