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Optimizing Linux® Performance: A Hands-On Guide to Linux® Performance Tools
By
Phillip G. Ezolt
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Publisher:
Pearson PTR
Pub Date:
March 14, 2005
Print ISBN:
0-13-148682-9
Pages:
384
Table of Contents
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Index
Copyright
Hewlett-Packard® Professional Books
Preface
Why Is Performance Important?
Linux: Strengths and Weakness
How Can This Book Help You?
Why Learn How to Use Performance Tools?
Can I Tune for Performance?
Who Should Read This Book?
How Is This Book Organized?
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. Performance Hunting Tips
Section 1.1. General Tips
Section 1.2. Outline of a Performance Investigation
Section 1.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 2. Performance Tools: System CPU
Section 2.1. CPU Performance Statistics
Section 2.2. Linux Performance Tools: CPU
Section 2.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 3. Performance Tools: System Memory
Section 3.1. Memory Performance Statistics
Section 3.2. Linux Performance Tools: CPU and Memory
Section 3.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 4. Performance Tools: Process-Specific CPU
Section 4.1. Process Performance Statistics
Section 4.2. The Tools
Section 4.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 5. Performance Tools: Process-Specific Memory
Section 5.1. Linux Memory Subsystem
Section 5.2. Memory Performance Tools
Section 5.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 6. Performance Tools: Disk I/O
Section 6.1. Introduction to Disk I/O
Section 6.2. Disk I/O Performance Tools
Section 6.3. What's Missing?
Section 6.4. Chapter Summary
Chapter 7. Performance Tools: Network
Section 7.1. Introduction to Network I/O
Section 7.2. Network Performance Tools
Section 7.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 8. Utility Tools: Performance Tool Helpers
Section 8.1. Performance Tool Helpers
Section 8.2. Tools
Section 8.3. Chapter Summary
Chapter 9. Using Performance Tools to Find Problems
Section 9.1. Not Always a Silver Bullet
Section 9.2. Starting the Hunt
Section 9.3. Optimizing an Application
Section 9.4. Optimizing a System
Section 9.5. Optimizing Process CPU Usage
Section 9.6. Optimizing Memory Usage
Section 9.7. Optimizing Disk I/O Usage
Section 9.8. Optimizing Network I/O Usage
Section 9.9. The End
Section 9.10. Chapter Summary
Chapter 10. Performance Hunt 1: A CPU-Bound Application (GIMP)
Section 10.1. CPU-Bound Application
Section 10.2. Identify a Problem
Section 10.3. Find a Baseline/Set a Goal
Section 10.4. Configure the Application for the Performance Hunt
Section 10.5. Install and Configure Performance Tools
Section 10.6. Run Application and Performance Tools
Section 10.7. Analyze the Results
Section 10.8. Jump to the Web
Section 10.9. Increase the Image Cache
Section 10.10. Hitting a (Tiled) Wall
Section 10.11. Solving the Problem
Section 10.12. Verify Correctness?
Section 10.13. Next Steps
Section 10.14. Chapter Summary
Chapter 11. Performance Hunt 2: A Latency-Sensitive Application (nautilus)
Section 11.1. A Latency-Sensitive Application
Section 11.2. Identify a Problem
Section 11.3. Find a Baseline/Set a Goal
Section 11.4. Configure the Application for the Performance Hunt
Section 11.5. Install and Configure Performance Tools
Section 11.6. Run Application and Performance Tools
Section 11.7. Compile and Examine the Source
Section 11.8. Using gdb to Generate Call Traces
Section 11.9. Finding the Time Differences
Section 11.10. Trying a Possible Solution
Section 11.11. Chapter Summary
Chapter 12. Performance Hunt 3: The System-Wide Slowdown (prelink)
Section 12.1. Investigating a System-Wide Slowdown
Section 12.2. Identify a Problem
Section 12.3. Find a Baseline/Set a Goal
Section 12.4. Configure the Application for the Performance Hunt
Section 12.5. Install and Configure Performance Tools
Section 12.6. Run Application and Performance Tools
Section 12.7. Simulating a Solution
Section 12.8. Reporting the Problem
Section 12.9. Testing the Solution
Section 12.10. Chapter Summary
Chapter 13. Performance Tools: What's Next?
Section 13.1. The State of Linux Tools
Section 13.2. What Tools Does Linux Still Need?
Section 13.3. Performance Tuning on Linux
Section 13.4. Chapter Summary
Appendix A. Performance Tool Locations
Appendix B. Installing oprofile
B.1 Fedora Core 2 (FC2)
B.2 Enterprise Linux 3 (EL3)
B.3 SUSE 9.1
Index
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