Question

I was wondering what netstat does? I know this kind of a weird question…. We were encountering a very grave slowdown in our web server machine which is running on debian linux.
After running netstat command, for some reason, the web server suddenly performed properly and the slowdown was gone. would netstat have any involvement in this? I know this is kind of weird question but in any case anyone can provide any insight, it would be welcome

Thanks

Answer 1

Netstat does not do anything except display list of the network connections,
chances are the network problem are already resolved itself before the netstat command is issued

If you are using database, check the database log
If your website using external resources, check the external resources are running properly

And check is there spike of traffic during that period