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Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

Name: Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
Author: Brendan Gregg
ISBN: 9780133390124

by Brendan Gregg

October 2013

Intermediate to advanced

784 pages

21h 7m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Cover Page
About This eBook
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
About This BookOperating System CoverageOther ContentWhat Isn’t CoveredHow This Book Is StructuredAs a Future ReferenceTracing ExamplesIntended AudienceTypographic ConventionsSupplemental Material and References
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Introduction
1.1. Systems Performance1.2. Roles1.3. Activities1.4. Perspectives1.5. Performance Is Challenging1.6. Latency1.7. Dynamic Tracing1.8. Cloud Computing1.9. Case Studies
2. Methodology
2.1. Terminology2.2. Models2.3. Concepts2.4. Perspectives2.5. Methodology2.6. Modeling2.7. Capacity Planning2.8. Statistics2.9. Monitoring2.10. Visualizations2.11. Exercises2.12. References

3. Operating Systems
3.1. Terminology3.2. Background3.3. Kernels3.4. Exercises3.5. References
4. Observability Tools
4.1. Tool Types4.2. Observability Sources4.3. DTrace4.4. SystemTap4.5. perf4.6. Observing Observability4.7. Exercises4.8. References
5. Applications
5.1. Application Basics5.2. Application Performance Techniques5.3. Programming Languages5.4. Methodology and Analysis5.5. Exercises5.6. References
6. CPUs
6.1. Terminology6.2. Models6.3. Concepts6.4. Architecture6.5. Methodology6.6. Analysis6.7. Experimentation6.8. Tuning6.9. Exercises6.10. References
7. Memory
7.1. Terminology7.2. Concepts7.3. Architecture7.4. Methodology7.5. Analysis7.6. Tuning7.7. Exercises7.8. References
8. File Systems
8.1. Terminology8.2. Models8.3. Concepts8.4. Architecture8.5. Methodology8.6. Analysis8.7. Experimentation8.8. Tuning8.9. Exercises8.10. References
9. Disks
9.1. Terminology9.2. Models9.3. Concepts9.4. Architecture9.5. Methodology9.6. Analysis9.7. Experimentation9.8. Tuning9.9. Exercises9.10. References
10. Network
10.1. Terminology10.2. Models10.3. Concepts10.4. Architecture10.5. Methodology10.6. Analysis10.7. Experimentation10.8. Tuning10.9. Exercises10.10. References
11. Cloud Computing
11.1. Background11.2. OS Virtualization11.3. Hardware Virtualization11.4. Comparisons11.5. Exercises11.6. References
12. Benchmarking
12.1. Background12.2. Benchmarking Types12.3. Methodology12.4. Benchmark Questions12.5. Exercises12.6. References
13. Case Study
13.1. Case Study: The Red Whale13.2. Comments13.3. Additional Information13.4. References
Appendix A. USE Method: Linux
Physical ResourcesSoftware ResourcesReference
Appendix B. USE Method: Solaris
Physical ResourcesSoftware ResourcesReferences
Appendix C. sar Summary
LinuxSolaris
Appendix D. DTrace One-Liners
syscall Providerproc Providerprofile Providersched Providerfbt Providerpid Providerio Providersysinfo Providervminfo Providerip Providertcp providerudp provider
Appendix E. DTrace to SystemTap
FunctionalityTerminologyProbesBuilt-in VariablesFunctionsExample 1: Listing syscall Entry ProbesExample 2: Summarize read() Returned SizeExample 3: Count syscalls by Process NameExample 4: Count syscalls by syscall Name, for Process ID 123Example 5: Count syscalls by syscall Name, for “httpd” ProcessesExample 6: Trace File open()s with Process Name and Path NameExample 7: Summarize read() Latency for “mysqld” ProcessesExample 8: Trace New Processes with Process Name and ArgumentsExample 9: Sample Kernel Stacks at 100 HzReferences
Appendix F. Solutions to Selected Exercises
Chapter 2—MethodologyChapter 3—Operating SystemsChapter 6—CPUsChapter 7—MemoryChapter 8—File SystemsChapter 9—DisksChapter 11—Cloud Computing
Appendix G. Systems Performance Who’s Who
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Content preview from Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Systems Performance

1.2 Roles

1.3 Activities

1.4 Perspectives

1.5 Performance Is Challenging

1.5.1 Performance Is Subjective

1.5.2 Systems Are Complex

1.5.3 There Can Be Multiple Performance Issues

1.9.2 Software Change

1.9.3 More Reading

Chapter 2 Methodology

2.1 Terminology

2.2 Models

2.2.1 System under Test

2.2.2 Queueing System

2.3.5 Level of Appropriateness

2.3.6 Point-in-Time Recommendations

2.3.7 Load versus Architecture

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