Chapter 4. Troubleshooting Performance Issues

In Chapter 3, Troubleshooting a Web Application we walked through troubleshooting a web application problem by using the troubleshooting methodology covered in Chapter 1, Troubleshooting Best Practices. We also used several of the fundamental troubleshooting commands and resources found in Chapter 2, Troubleshooting Commands and Sources of Useful Information.

Performance issues

For this chapter, we will continue the scenario that we covered in Chapter 3, Troubleshooting a Web Application, where we are a new systems administrator at a new company. As we arrive to start our day, a fellow systems administrator asks us to look into a server being "slow."

When asked for details, the only information our colleague ...

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