Chapter 7. CPU Bottlenecks

This chapter describes major CPU bottlenecks, gives typical symptoms and techniques for diagnosis, and presents many of the metrics relating to CPU performance. It also describes some methods for tuning.

Topics covered in Chapter 7 are:

  • Processes and Threads

  • Scheduling

  • System Partitioning

  • Traps and Protection Violations

  • Global CPU Metrics

  • Typical Metric Values

  • Symptoms of a CPU bottleneck

  • CPU use and Performance Tools

  • Tuning CPU bottlenecks

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