Performance Tuning for Linux Servers - page 1
- Performance Tuning for Linux Servers
- Performance Tuning for Linux Servers
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- IBM Press
- On Demand Computing Books
- WebSphere Books
- More Books from IBM Press
- DB2 Books
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- PartI.Linux Overview
- ChapterONE.Linux Installation Issues
- Introduction
- Preinstallation Planning
- Configurable 2.6 Kernel Features
- Linux Logging Facility
- System Initialization: BSD Versus System V Initialization
- Summary
- References
- ChapterTWO.Kernel Overview
- Introduction
- The Evolution of Linux
- Linux Kernel Architecture
- Process Management
- Interprocess Communications
- The Linux Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) Model
- File Systems
- New Features in Linux 2.6
- Summary
- References
- ChapterTHREE.Overview of Server Architectures
- Introduction
- Linux Servers
- Processors and Multiprocessing
- Memory
- IO
- Linux Enterprise Servers
- Linux Clusters
- Examples of Server Systems
- Summary
- PartII.Performance Analysis Tools
- ChapterFOUR.System Performance Monitoring
- Introduction
- Background on Linux and Performance Analysis
- CPU Utilization
- Memory Utilization
- IO Utilization
- Network Utilization
- Summary
- References
- ChapterFIVE.System Trace Tools
- Introduction
- Requirements for System Tracing
- The top Utility
- strace
- OProfile
- Performance Inspector
- Summary
- References
- ChapterSIX.Benchmarks as an Aid to Understanding Workload Performance
- Introduction
- Benchmarking to Improve Your Workload
- What Types of Benchmarks Are There?
- Microbenchmarks
- Web Server Benchmarks
- Summary
- PartIII.System Tuning
- ChapterSEVEN.System Performance Principles and Strategy: A Benchmarking Methodology Case Study
- Introduction
- Performance Evaluation Methodologies
- Benchmarking Methodology Case Study
- Analysis Methodology
- Benchmarks
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- ChapterEIGHT.Scheduler Tuning
