Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools

Name: Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools
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ISBN: 9780072122114

ISBN-10: 0072122110

ISBN-13: 9780072122114

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Frank H. Cervone

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This text provides coverage of Solaris 7 from the basics and structure of Solaris including memory, file system and functions, performance tuning, network performance and capacity planning.

Book details

List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Print, Other
Pages: 368
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

List of Tables	p. x
List of Figures	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Preliminaries	p. 1
Introduction to Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning	p. 3
What Is Performance Tuning?	p. 4
What Is Capacity Planning?	p. 5
Tools and Methods	p. 6
Capacity Management	p. 11
Thinking about Capacity Management	p. 17
Summary	p. 18
Computer Component Overview	p. 21
Introduction	p. 22
The Processor Subsystem	p. 23
The Memory Subsystem	p. 27
The Input/Output Subsystem	p. 30
The Networking Subsystem	p. 32
The Operating System	p. 33
Application Programs	p. 35
Summary	p. 35
Defining Performance and Selecting Metrics	p. 37
Introduction	p. 38
Performance Variables	p. 39
Workloads	p. 41
Service Levels	p. 43
Performance Evaluation Techniques	p. 44
Performance Metrics	p. 46
Avoiding Mistakes	p. 47
Summary	p. 48
Queuing Models	p. 49
Everyday Queuing Models	p. 50
Basic Concepts	p. 50
Queuing Laws	p. 56
Process Models	p. 60
Performance Bounds and Bottleneck Analysis	p. 61
Summary	p. 65
Operating System Structure	p. 67
Kernel Architecture	p. 69
Overview	p. 70
Introduction to the Kernel	p. 71
Address Spaces	p. 74
Execution Modes	p. 79
Kernel Structure	p. 81
32-Bit Versus 64-Bit Computing	p. 86
How Does Solaris Differ from UNIX SVR4?	p. 87
Summary	p. 90
Memory	p. 91
An Overview of Virtual Memory and Paging	p. 92
User Contexts and Hardware Contexts	p. 95
Physical Memory Types and Cache	p. 96
The Paging Process in Uniprocessor Machines	p. 98
The Paging Process in Multiprocessor Machines	p. 100
Components and Structures of Virtual Memory	p. 101
Memory Management	p. 103
Summary	p. 107
Process and Thread Management	p. 109
Overview	p. 110
Threads	p. 113
Lightweight Processes	p. 114
Multiprocessing	p. 116
Preemption, Interrupts, and Real-time Support	p. 116
Scheduling	p. 117
Priorities	p. 121
Summary	p. 122
File System Fundamentals	p. 123
Types of File Systems	p. 124
UFS	p. 128
NFS and DFS	p. 132
Summary	p. 133
Networking and Communication Fundamentals	p. 135
Basic Input and Output	p. 136
Networking Protocols	p. 138
Network Topologies	p. 140
Ethernet	p. 142
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)	p. 147
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)	p. 147
Token-Ring	p. 148
Outside Connectivity	p. 148
Summary	p. 151
System Performance Tuning	p. 153
Monitoring Activity and Workloads	p. 155
Overview	p. 156
What Is the System Doing?	p. 156
Managing the Workload	p. 175
Some Common Problems and Suggestions for Improvement	p. 187
Other Useful Commands	p. 188
Summary	p. 191
Memory Management	p. 193
Overview	p. 194
Paging Versus Swapping	p. 194
Demand Paging	p. 195
Problem Indicators	p. 195
Monitoring Paging and Swapping	p. 196
proc Tools	p. 206
Problem Indicators	p. 207
Resolving and Avoiding Memory Problems	p. 207
Summary	p. 209
I/O Performance Management	p. 211
Disk Performance Tuning Basics	p. 212
Hardware Considerations	p. 212
File System Implementation Considerations	p. 220
Creating Optimized File Systems	p. 223
Monitoring File System Performance	p. 227
Identifying Performance Problems	p. 232
Tuning File System Performance	p. 235
Imposing Limits on Disk Usage	p. 238
Summary	p. 242
Network Performance Management	p. 245
Overview	p. 246
Latency, Bandwidth, and Utilization	p. 247
Identifying Performance Problems	p. 250
Tuning Network Parameters	p. 269
Summary	p. 275
Network Services Performance Management	p. 277
NFS	p. 278
NFS and the Cache File Systems	p. 284
NIS+	p. 287
DNS	p. 289
nscd	p. 289
inetd	p. 293
sendmail	p. 293
rpc.rstatd	p. 295
WWW Servers	p. 296
Summary	p. 305
Kernel Tuning	p. 307
Introduction to Kernel Tuning on Solaris	p. 308
maxusers	p. 315
Other Kernel Variables	p. 316
Fixed Parameters	p. 317
Tunable Memory and Paging Parameters	p. 320
Setting IPC and Shared Memory Parameters	p. 322
Summary	p. 328
Capacity Planning	p. 329
System Activity	p. 331
System Activity Data Collector	p. 332
Setting Up System Data Collection	p. 332
sar--The System Activity Reporter	p. 332
The System Activity Reports	p. 333
sag--The System Activity Reports Graphical Interface	p. 350
Summary	p. 352
System Accounting	p. 353
Overview	p. 354
Setting Up Accounting	p. 354
runacct--Run Daily Accounting	p. 355
Accounting Control Commands	p. 358
Accounting File Processing Commands	p. 359
Reporting Commands	p. 364
Summary	p. 372
Capacity Planning Management	p. 375
Predicting Capacity Requirements	p. 376
Reporting Issues	p. 381
The Life Cycle of the Capacity-Planning Function	p. 385
Developing a Continuing Structure	p. 387
Summary	p. 390
Index	p. 391
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