12.7. Exercises

The following exercises provide sample topics for self study. They will help ensure comprehension of this chapter.

  1. Gather statistics using the vmstat, iostat, and netstat commands. Take a look at your system performance.

  2. Calculate your systems idle time (in minutes) and the paging rate.

  3. Determine if your system is CPU bound or memory bound.

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