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Web Performance Tuning
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Web Performance Tuning

by Patrick Killelea
October 1998
Intermediate to advanced
374 pages
12h 6m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Disclaimer

I hate to yell in all caps, but here it is:

  1. THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  2. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR, CONTRIBUTORS, OR THEIR EMPLOYERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS INFORMATION.

Not a single suggestion in this book is guaranteed to help any particular situation. In fact, if you simply change configurations and parameters without analyzing the situation and understanding what you are changing and why, you may experience hardware damage, data loss, hair loss, dizziness, and nausea. Back up everything, don’t work directly on production servers, and be careful.

Also note that the opinions expressed in this book are those of the author and have nothing to do with the author’s employer, Sun Microsystems Professional Services, or with the book’s publisher, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.

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