Unix Performance Fundamentals

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Unix Performance Fundamentals

What is Performance?

Introduction

Basics

Performance -- General Terms

Macro Area: CPU

Macro Area: CPU

CPU: Measurement Metrics

CPU: Measurement Metrics - Scheduler’s Rules

CPU: Time Slice

CPU: HP-UX Process Priority Calculation

CPU: Process Priorities

Macro Area: Memory

Memory: Allocation and Use

Memory: buffering and virtual

Memory: VHAND Processes

Memory - vhand process

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Memory: Measurement Metrics

Macro Area: Disk

Disk: Measurement Metrics

Disk: Data Locality

Disk: What is Disk I/O?

Disk: Anatomy of a Process

Disk: Problem I/O Issues

General Measurements of Disk I/O

Macro Area: Network

Network: Measurement Metrics

Micro: Application Analysis

Relational Database inefficiencies

Strategies

HP-UX Memory - How Much is Enough?

Configuration issues in the Disk Environment

Configuration Issues -CPU

Unix Onboard commands

Unix Onboard commands

Top Command

Sar ( - u CPU, -b buffer, -d device, etc.)

Measurement of Disk I/O -vmstat

iostat

Performance Monitoring tools

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Glance

Third Party Tools -- Advantages

Analysis Points

Rules of Thumb

Rules of Thumb (continued)

Rules of Thumb (continued)

Rules of Thumb (continued)

Step-by-step Analysis

Step by Step

Kernel Tuning

Database Engine issues

Performance Baseline

Conclusion

Performance Problems

The End

Author: Jeffrey R. Kubler

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