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Expand Up @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Synopsis

:program:`mongotop` provides a method to track the amount of time a
MongoDB instance spends reading and writing data. :program:`mongotop`
provides statistics on the per-collection level. By default,
provides statistics on a per-collection level. By default,
:program:`mongotop` returns values every second.

.. seealso::
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Options

.. option:: --version

Returns the version of the :program:`mongotop` utility.
Print the version of the :program:`mongotop` utility and exit.

.. option:: --host <hostname><:port>

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Options

.. option:: <sleeptime>

The final argument the length of time, in seconds, that
The final argument is the length of time, in seconds, that
:program:`mongotop` waits in between calls. By default
:program:`mongotop` returns data every second.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ Usage
-----

By default :program:`mongotop` connects to the MongoDB instance
ruining on the localhost port 27017; however, you can optionally
connect :program:`mongotop` to connect to remote :program:`mongod`
running on the localhost port 27017. However, :program:`mongotop` can optionally
connect to remote :program:`mongod`
instances. See the :ref:`mongotop options <mongotop-options>` for more
information.

Expand All @@ -175,10 +175,44 @@ return every 15 seconds.
.. code-block:: sh

mongotop 15

Resulting in the following output:

.. code-block:: sh
connected to: 127.0.0.1

ns total read write 2012-08-13T15:45:40
test.system.namespaces 0ms 0ms 0ms
local.system.replset 0ms 0ms 0ms
local.system.indexes 0ms 0ms 0ms
admin.system.indexes 0ms 0ms 0ms
admin. 0ms 0ms 0ms

ns total read write 2012-08-13T15:45:55
test.system.namespaces 0ms 0ms 0ms
local.system.replset 0ms 0ms 0ms
local.system.indexes 0ms 0ms 0ms
admin.system.indexes 0ms 0ms 0ms
admin. 0ms 0ms 0ms


Use the following command to return a :program:`mongotop` report every 5
minutes:

.. code-block:: sh

mongotop 300

Use the following command to report on per-database locks:

.. code-block:: sh

mongotop --locks

db total read write 2012-08-13T16:33:34
local 0ms 0ms 0ms
admin 0ms 0ms 0ms
. 0ms 0ms 0ms