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Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis

This tutorial covers profiling of Linux servers using open-source tools such as “iostat”, “oprofile” and “blktrace”. Both processor-bound and I/O-bound cases are covered, and the emphasis is on tools that provide visual displays of relevant metrics.

Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis


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By Ed Borasky – 2010/02/09

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