diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
index 00960ccb4..eff0d2c57 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ influxdb_password:
 influxdb_dbname: tripleo_ci
 influxdb_data_file_path: "{{ artcl_collect_dir }}/influxdb_data"
 influxdb_create_data_file: true
+atop_command: atop -R -w /var/log/atop.bin
diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
index d7e023f4d..1bf8a4c47 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ run_tripleo_validations_setup: false
 
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo/+bug/1817600
 # turn off performance monitoring.
-install_atop: false
 ara_generate_html: false
+# run atop with interval (-i) of 180 seconds instead of default 10
+atop_command: atop -i 180 -R -w /var/log/atop.bin