S

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z]

SACK (Selective Acknowledgements), TCP, enabling
Samba servers
     tuning 2nd 3rd
SANs 2nd
     (storage area networks)
    NAS (network attached storage)
         compared
SAP Standard Application Benchmark
sar command
     CPU utilization 2nd 3rd 4th
    I/O utilization
         monitoting 2nd 3rd
scalability
     application servers
scalibility
    application servers
         SMP scaling 2nd
schedulers
     2.6 Linux scheduler 2nd 3rd
     CPU scheduler 2nd 3rd 4th
     I/O schedulers 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
         16-way RAID-0 setup 2nd
         8-way NUMA RAID setup 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         AS (anticipatory I/O scheduler) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         AS scheduler 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         benchmarks 2nd 3rd 4th
         CFQ (Completely Fair Queuing) I/O scheduler
         CFQ I/O scheduler 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         deadline I/O schedulers 2nd 3rd
         noop I/O scheduler
         performance
         performance issues
         pools of requests
         single-CPU single-disk setup 2nd 3rd
         tuning 2nd 3rd
     load balancing
     NUMA (non-uniform memory access)
     single processor systems
     SMP (symmetric multiprocessing)
     SMT (symmetric multithreading)
     thread schedulersd
     tuning 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
scheduling
     processes
SCSI technology
SDET benchmarks 2nd 3rd
secure_redirects parameter (kernel)
security
     application servers
seek_cost parameter (I/O scheduler)
Selective Acknowledgements (SACK), TCP, enabling
sem parameter (kernel)
semaphores
     IPC (Interprocess Communication) 2nd 3rd
    IPC (interprocess communication)
         parameters 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
semphores 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
send_redirects parameter (kernel)
SendFile API
     network performance 2nd 3rd 4th
SendFile/Zerocopy column (NetBench)
sequential read benchmarks
sequential read performance
     AS scheduler 2nd
sequential write benchmarks
servers
     application servers 2nd 3rd
         availability
         clustering 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         commercial workload tuning 2nd
         concurrency
         connection pools 2nd
         data integrity
         databases;support
         distribution
         enterprise application
         failover
         fault tolerance
         file systems
         hardware 2nd
         heterogeneousness
         hyoerthreading 2nd
         interactivity
         J2EE 2nd 3rd 4th
         J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) 2nd 3rd
         Java 2nd
         JVM (Java Virtual Machine) 2nd 3rd 4th
         memory usage
         multiple-applications-in-one
         multiple-services-in-one
         native code
         networking
         pass-by-reference
         performance requirements 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
         requests
         scalability
         security
         SMP scaling 2nd
         software performance stack 2nd 3rd 4th
         string manipulation
         synchronization
         thread pools 2nd
         threads
         topologies 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
         transactions
         tuning 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         vendor server portability
         vendors 2nd
         Web servers
     clusters 2nd
         HA (high availability) clusters 2nd 3rd
         HPCs (high performance clusters)
     database servers 2nd
     designing 2nd 3rd
     DNS servers
     enterprise servers 2nd
     file servers
         benchmarks
         NAS (network attached storage) 2nd
         network file system protocols 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
         tuning 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     I/O subsystems 2nd
         MPIO (Multipath I/O)
    mail servers
         benchmarks
     memory 2nd
    multiprocessing
         clusters 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
         processor mixing
         SMP (Symmetrical Multiprocessing) 2nd 3rd 4th
         topologies 2nd 3rd
     network storage servers
     Novel SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
     NUMA servers 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
         hardware
         hierarchy
         high bandwidth interconnect
         interconnects 2nd 3rd
         lacency ratios
         MPIO (Multipath I/O)
         nodes 2nd
         timers
     performance issues 2nd
     print servers
         performance
     processor mixing
     Shark servers
     SMP servers 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         mutual exclusion
         topologies 2nd 3rd
    systems
         blades
         IBM zSeries mainframes 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     Web servers
         architecture models 2nd 3rd
         benchmarks
         concurrency
         dynamic content generation
         Ethereal packet capture tool 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
         network behavior 2nd
         transactions 2nd
         tuning 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
    Web servsers
         requests 2nd 3rd 4th
         responses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
service processors
services
     kernel
servlets
     (Java)
SFS benchmarks
SGI
     XFS
     XFS (Next Generation File System) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
sh command
shared memory
     kernel parameters
     semaphores
Shared Memory Multiprocessing (SMP) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     mutual exclusion
     topologies 2nd 3rd
shared memory segments
    IPC (interprocess communication)
         parameters 2nd 3rd
shared system resources
     mutual exclusion
shared_media parameter (kernel)
Shark servers
Sharoff, Narasimha
shmall parameter (kernel)
shmmax parameter (kernel)
shmni parameter (kernel)
signals
     IPC (Interprocess Communication)
     kernel parameters
simulators
slab allocators
Slackware
     BSD initialization table 2nd
     runlevels
sleep averages
    tuning
         scheduler 2nd 3rd 4th
SMB/CIFS network file system
smblog=1 column (NetBench)
SMP
    application server
         scaling 2nd
SMP (symmetric multiprocessing)
     schedulers
SMP (Symmetrical Multiprocessing) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     mutual exclusion
     topologies 2nd 3rd
SMP (Symmetrical Multiprocessor) system
     cache coherency
     concurrency
     data serialization
     locks 2nd
     processor affinity
SMP servers
SMT (symmetric multithreading)
     schedulers
sockets 2nd 3rd
software
     performance evaluation methodologies
         analysis methodologies 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
         benchmarking methodology case study
         kernel performance benchmarks 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
         numerical analysis
         simulators
         tracing
         workload characterization
    tracing
         swtrace tool (Performance Inspector) 2nd
software performance stacks
     application server 2nd 3rd 4th
Solaris
somaxconn parameter (kernel)
SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation)
SPEC SDET benchmarks 2nd 3rd
SPEC SFS benchmarks
SPECjAppServer benchmarks 2nd
SPECjvm benchmarks 2nd
SPECweb benchmarks 2nd 3rd
SPECweb SSL benchmarks 2nd 3rd
SPECWeb99 benchmark
     content case studies 2nd 3rd 4th
SPECweb99 benchmarks
     results
SPECWeb99 workload generators
spinlocks column (NetBench)
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
starting block numbers
STARVATION_LIMIT parameter (scheduler)
     tuning
starving
    non-interactive tasks
         scheduler
static content
     SPECWeb99 benchmark 2nd 3rd 4th
status flags (file)
     setting
storage area networks (SANs) [See NAS;SANs (storage area networks)]
strace command
     system tracing 2nd 3rd 4th
strings
     application servers
struct page pointers
     BIO (block I/O) layer
subsystems
     I/O subsystem
         integration;lack of
         performance issues 2nd
    I/O subsystems
         I/O schedulers 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Sun Microsystems, Inc
     Java
Sun ONE
     application servers
super blocks
     file systems
super-max parameter (kernel)
super-nr parameter (kernel)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
sustained transfer rates
     data movement
swap partition
     placement 2nd 3rd 4th
swappiness parameter (virtual memory)
swapping
     memory
     virtual address spaces 2nd
         memory balancing
         page replacement
         replacement policy 2nd
switching
     context switching 2nd
swtrace tool (Performance Inspector) 2nd
Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) [See SMP (Symmetrical Multiprocessing)]
symmetrical multiprocessing systems
Syn Queue length, TCP, controlling
synchronization
     application servers
     semaphores 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
synchronization (file)
     data integrity 2nd
     file integrity 2nd
     forced synchronization
     function calls 2nd
     status flags
synchronized I/O
sysctl command
    kernel parameters
         modifying
sysctl interface
    kernel parameters
         CONFIG 2nd
         debugging
         file system 2nd
         ICMP 2nd
         IP fragmentation
         NEIGHBOR 2nd
         net core
         networks 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
         processes
         profiling
         routing
         shared memory
         signals
         system
         TCP 2nd 3rd
         tuning 2nd 3rd 4th
         virtual memory 2nd 3rd 4th
sysctl(8) command
    kernel tunable variables
         interfacing
sysfs interface
    kernel parameters
         tuning 2nd
sysrq parameter (kernel)
system calls
     kernel
    tracing
         strace command 2nd 3rd 4th
system initialization
     BSD 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     init process 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     initialization table 2nd
     System V 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
system initialization table
     (/etc/inittab)
system paramaters
system performance analysis 2nd 3rd
     CPU utilization 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         gtop command 2nd 3rd
         sar command 2nd 3rd 4th
         top command 2nd 3rd
         vmstat 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     I/O utilization 2nd 3rd
         iostat command 2nd
         sar command 2nd 3rd
     memory utilization
         /proc file system 2nd 3rd
         ps command 2nd
         vmstat command 2nd
     network utilization 2nd 3rd
         netstat command 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         nfsstat command
System Trace Data Collection tool (Performance Inspector)
system tracing 2nd
     OProfile command 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     Performance Inspector 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
         Above Idle tool 2nd 3rd
         dynamic kernel patches
         instruction tracing 2nd 3rd
         JLM (Java Lock Monitor) tool 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         JPROF tool 2nd
         performance counters
         pipcntr tool
         post tool
         ptt tool
         pttstats tool 2nd 3rd 4th
         swtrace tool 2nd
         System Trace Data Collection tool
         tprof tool 2nd
     requirements
     strace command 2nd 3rd 4th
     top utility 2nd 3rd
System V
    BSD
         compared 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
    initialization table
         Red Hat 2nd 3rd
     IPC (Interprocess Communication)
     system initalization 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
    system initialization
         initialization table 2nd
systems
    servers
         blades
         IBM zSeries mainframes 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
SysV
     IPC resources 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
SysV (System V)