System Performance Tuning Help for Unix Administrators

Name: System Performance Tuning Help for Unix Administrators
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ISBN: 9780596002848

ISBN-10: 059600284X

ISBN-13: 9780596002848

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci, Mike Loukides

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"System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? In the current economic downturn, performance tuning takes on a new importance. It allows system administrators to make the best use of existing systems and minimize the purchase of new equipment. Well-tuned systems save money and time that would otherwise be wasted dealing with slowdowns and errors. Performance tuning always involves compromises; unless system administrators know what the compromises are, they can't make intelligent decisions. Tuning is an essential skill for system administrators who face the problem of…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.13" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

is a long time user of the Unix operating system. He has acted as a Unix consultant, courseware developer, and instructor. He is one of the originating authors of Unix Power Tools and the author of Learning the Unix Operating System by O'Reilly.



Preface



An Introduction to Performance Tuning


An Introduction to Computer Architecture


Principles of Performance Tuning


Static Performance Tuning


Concluding Thoughts



Workflow Management


Workflow Characterization


Workload Control


Benchmarking


Concluding Thoughts



Processors


Microprocessor Architecture


Caching


Process Scheduling


Multiprocessing


Peripheral Interconnects


Processor Performance Tools


Concluding Thoughts



Memory


Implementations of Physical Memory


Virtual Memory Architecture


Paging and Swapping


Consumers of Memory


Tools for Memory Performance Analysis


Concluding Thoughts



Disks


Disk Architecture


Interfaces


Common Performance Problems


Filesystems


Tools for Analysis


Concluding Thoughts



Disk Arrays


Terminology


RAID Levels


Software Versus Hardware


A Summary of Disk Array Design


Software RAID Implementations


RAID Recipes


Concluding Thoughts



Networks


Network Principles


Physical Media


Network Interfaces


Network Protocols


NFS


CIFS via Unix


Concluding Thoughts



Code Tuning


The Two Critical Approaches


Techniques for Code Analysis


Optimization Patterns


Interacting with Compilers


Concluding Thoughts



Instant Tuning


Top Five Tuning Tips


Instant Tuning Recipes


Index