Book description
Maximize the performance and value of any HP-UX 11i system
HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance takes the guesswork out of maximizing HP-UX 11i performance—so you can quickly maximize the value of any HP-UX system in any environment. Leading HP experts introduce a comprehensive, systematic performance management methodology that addresses every stage in the lifecycle of an HP-UX system.
You’ll find specific metrics, symptoms and solutions for every key element of an HP-UX 11i system, including hardware, the OS platform, and application development. From start to finish, the emphasis is on practical results—and on understanding the real-world cost/benefit tradeoffs that are central to every tuning project. Coverage includes:
A comprehensive optimization methodology, direct from HP’s performance labs
New optimization opportunities and techniques made possible by HP-UX 11i
All-new chapters on network performance and Java performance
Rules of thumb for more cost-effective performance management
Instrumenting HP-UX 11i systems to accurately reflect reality
Choosing the right performance metrics, and using them correctly
Key performance tradeoffs in both uniprocessor and SMP environments
Practical techniques for resolving CPU, memory, and disk bottlenecks
How to make the most of HP-UX specific and generic UNIX performance tools
Performance enhancements available through compiler optimization and application profiling
Extensive examples from actual HP performance consulting assignments
Whether you’re an HP-UX 11i sysadmin, netadmin, developer, capacity planner, or performance specialist, this is your complete guide to getting all the performance you paid for!
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Hewlett-Packard® Professional Books
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to Performance Management
- Performance Management Tasks
- A Performance Management Methodology
- Kernel Instrumentation and Performance Metrics
- Survey of Unix Performance Tools
- Hardware Performance Issues
- CPU Bottlenecks
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Memory Bottlenecks
- Virtual Address Space
- Memory Organization
- Paging Control
- File Access
- Process and Thread Execution
- Malloc'ed Memory
- System V Shared Memory
- Shared Libraries
- Memory Management Policies
- Sizing Memory and the Swap Area
- Memory Metrics
- Types of Memory Management Bottlenecks
- Expensive System Calls
- Tuning Memory Bottlenecks
- Memory-Related Tuneable Parameters
-
Disk Bottlenecks
- Disk Hardware Descriptions
- Review of Disk I/O Concepts
- Logical Volume Manager Concepts
- VxVM Volume Manager
- Shared-Bus Access to Disks
- File Systems and the Kernel
- File System Types
- Disk Metrics
- Types of Disk Bottlenecks
- Expensive System Calls
- Tuning Disk Bottlenecks
- Database Issues
- Disk-Related Tuneable Parameters
- Network Bottlenecks
-
Compiler Performance Tuning
- Compilers and Optimization
- Optimization Levels
- Compiling for a Target Runtime Environment
- Finer Control Over Optimization
- Linker Optimizations
- Profile-based Optimization
- Specific Options for Fortran and COBOL
- Why Does Optimization “Break” Applications?
- Debugging Optimization Problems
- Porting Applications
- Code to Demonstrate Optimization Effects
- Java Run-time Performance Tuning
- Designing Applications for Performance
- Application Profiling
- Performance Tools Alphabetical Reference
- HP-UX Version Naming Reference
- Dynamically Tuneable Parameters
- Index
Product information
- Title: HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2004
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0131433490
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