HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Robert F. Sauers (Author), Chris P. Ruemmler (Author), Peter S. Weygant (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0131433490 | ISBN-13: 978-0131433496 | Publication Date: April 3, 2004 | Edition: 2

Maximizing the performance of Unix systems is a challenge that requires a specialized understanding of operating system behavior and an intimate acquaintance with system tools that assist in tuning. This book helps sysadmins, net admins, developers, and capacity planners maximize the performance of HP-UX systems, resolve bottlenecks, and design applications for maximum performance. HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance takes the guesswork out of maximizing HP-UX performance. It provides a comprehensive, systematic performance management methodology that addresses every stage in the lifecycle of an HP-UX system. Three of HP's leading performance experts present specific metrics, symptoms, and solutions for each key element of an HP-UX system, including hardware, the OS platform, and application development. This edition is completely updated with the many new processor and system families that use HP-UX since the first edition appeared in 1999. This book introduces the best generic UNIX and HP-UX specific tools for performance management and demonstrates practical ways to instrument HP-UX systems so that your measurements truly represent real-world performance. This new edition also takes into account the latest processors, systems, storage devices, I/O connections, new and changed software tools, new HP-UX features, high availability environments, and Java on HP-UX.

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Maximize the performance and value of any HP-UX 11i system

HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance takes the guesswork out of maximizing HP-UX 11i performance—so you can quickly maximize the value of any HP-UX system in any environment. Leading HP experts introduce a comprehensive, systematic performance management methodology that addresses every stage in the lifecycle of an HP-UX system.

You’ll find specific metrics, symptoms and solutions for every key element of an HP-UX 11i system, including hardware, the OS platform, and application development. From start to finish, the emphasis is on practical results—and on understanding the real-world cost/benefit tradeoffs that are central to every tuning project. Coverage includes:

• A comprehensive optimization methodology, direct from HP’s performance labs
• New optimization opportunities and techniques made possible by HP-UX 11i
• All-new chapters on network performance and Java performance
• Rules of thumb for more cost-effective performance management
• Instrumenting HP-UX 11i systems to accurately reflect reality
• Choosing the right performance metrics, and using them correctly
• Key performance tradeoffs in both uniprocessor and SMP environments
• Practical techniques for resolving CPU, memory, and disk bottlenecks
• How to make the most of HP-UX specific and generic UNIX performance tools
• Performance enhancements available through compiler optimization and application profiling
• Extensive examples from actual HP performance consulting assignments

Whether you’re an HP-UX 11i sysadmin, netadmin, developer, capacity planner, or performance specialist, this is your complete guide to getting all the performance you paid for!

About the Author

ROBERT F. SAUERS is HP’s Chief Architect for Mission Critical and Disaster Tolerant Solutions. He established and ran the HP-UX porting and benchmarking center where many of this book’s techniques were developed, and created the HP-UX tuning class this book is based on.

CHRIS P. RUEMMLER is an HP Software Engineer responsible for HP-UX performance. For over ten years, he has been involved with HP-UX performance, addressing issues ranging from compilers to I/O.

PETER S. WEYGANT is Principal Consultant with PSW Consulting, Inc., a leading technical writing and usability engineering services firm. A former Learning Products Engineer in HP’s High Availability Lab, he authored Clusters for High Availability (Prentice Hall).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (April 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131433490
• ISBN-13: 978-0131433496
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #797,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars HP-UX Tuning and Performance: Concepts, Tools and Methods, March 28, 2005

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This review is from: HP-UX 11i Tuning and Performance (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book, "HP-UX Tuning and Performance: Concepts, Tools and Methods," is the Second Edition with 560 pages of material for concepts 2004 by Robert F. Sauers, Chris P. Ruemmler, and Peter S. Weygant.

The prior First Edition is only 296 pages of material but useful for concepts vintage 1999 by F. Sauers, and Peter S. Weygant.

I own both copies and I have taken the H4262, "HP-UX Tuning and Performance" class. The Second Edition book is offered as a supplement to the H4262 class.

If your funding is limited, then the First Edition may be a useful introduction. Lastly, the Second Edition is more relevant to HP-UX 11i.

If a deeper understanding of HP-UX is required, then I strongly suggest the "HP-UX 11i Internals (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books (Hardcover)) by Chris Cooper."