Section 10.5. Summary

10.5. Summary

DTrace is a revolutionary framework for instrumenting and observing the behaviour of systems, and the applications they run. The limits to what can be learned with DTrace are bound only by the users knowledge of the system and application, but it is not necessary to be an operating systems expert or software developer to make effective use of DTrace. The usability of DTrace allows for users at any level to make effective use of the tool, gaining insight into performance and general application behaviour.