3. General performance monitoring tools

In this chapter we discuss the steps required to run general performance tools and how to interpret the output of the tools.

This chapter discusses the following tools:

  • topas

  • jtopas

  • perfpmr (tool for collecting performance data when reporting a problem)

  • Performance Diagnostics Tool (PDT)

  • trace

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