An Overview of Performance Monitoring
Monitoring system performance is one of the important tasks an administrator performs. A system's performance state includes issues such as CPU usage, virtual memory performance, hard disk utilization, and network activity. By monitoring performance, you can identify bottlenecks or problem areas that must be handled immediately. Performance monitoring also enables you to avoid potential problems, which can lead to downtime.
When analyzing system performance, administrators typically look out for issues such as high load on the system, CPU overrun, virtual memory shortage, swap space, and lack of disk space. Solaris 9 OE provides several performance monitoring tools, which help in analyzing performance statistics ...
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