Chapter 5. Optimizing system performance

Monitoring a server isn’t something you should do haphazardly. You need to have a clear plan—a set of goals you hope to achieve. Troubleshooting a performance problem is a key reason for monitoring. For example, users might be having problems connecting to an application running on a server, and you might want to monitor the server to identify the source of the problem.

Another common reason for wanting to monitor a server is to improve server performance. You do this by improving disk I/O, reducing CPU usage, and cutting down the network traffic load on the server. Unfortunately, you often need to make trade-offs when it comes to resource ...

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