August 2014
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 58m
English

The job of a performance tuning expert can be compared to that of a medical professional. A doctor who sees a patient with significant health issues must figure out the cause of the problem(s). The symptoms can be misleading. The patient may not provide accurate information, or there may not be any tests that will precisely pinpoint the problem. However, you still need to help the patient, no matter what.
This chapter discusses a number of real-world performance tuning research use cases. These case studies illustrate that a great deal of methodical work is often required when trying to understand a system as a ...