Performance considerations for Linux
This chapter describes the monitoring and tuning tools and techniques that can be used with Linux systems to optimize throughput and performance when attaching the DS8000 storage system.
This chapter also describes the supported distributions of Linux when you use the DS8000 storage system, and the tools that can be helpful for the monitoring and tuning activities:
Linux disk I/O architecture
Host bus adapter (HBA) considerations
Multipathing
Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
Disk I/O schedulers
File system ...

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