Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools [Paperback]

Frank H. Cervone (Conductor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0072122110 | ISBN-13: 978-0072122114 | Edition: 2nd

-- What it is -- The Solaris 7 product line is Sun's premier software environment for network computing. A UNIX -based operating environment developed by Sun Microsystems. Solaris runs on many workstations from other vendors including Intel. Solaris 7 features a 64-bit environment, mainframe-class reliability features, enhanced PC interoperability, easier installation, administration and configuration.
-- Powerful and flexible -- Solaris 7 is one of the most popular brands of UNIX due to its power and flexibility, but it is difficult to install and set up. However, it is one of the most powerful and stable network operating systems around. Very inexpensive, as well.
-- Widespread with developers -- More than 100,000 copies of Solaris 7 were distributed for Free in the last 9 months to allow developers to work with the and build applications (Source: BusinessWire, 8/5/99).

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From the Back Cover

The most comprehensive introduction to performance tuning now in a new edition, fully updated for the latest release of Solaris 7!

Improve system performance with this newly updated, indispensable guidebook for administering, planning,and developing applications for networks running Solaris 7. Useful and comprehensive, this book covers background theory on queuing models and gives you the practical advice you need for both SPARC and Intel-based system performance tuning. And, you'll get the latest information on web server performance tuning, database performance tuning, and capacity planning management. It's packed with command output and code samples, plus technical and strategic information on everything from kernel architecture to network performance and memory management, all from a real-world system performance perspective.

If you want to optimize performance in the Solaris 7 environment, then this is the perfect book for you. It's the most complete and fully updated guide to system tuning that every administrator needs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2nd edition (January 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072122110
• ISBN-13: 978-0072122114
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,340,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for the beginner..., July 24, 2000

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S. Weeks "GeneralKael" (Thornton, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools (Paperback)

Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools is by far one of the best books that I have found on performance tuning under Solaris. While it isn't as complete and readable as Accelerating AIX, it is the best book on the topic for Solaris. Frank Cervone spends a great deal of time discussing a number of important issues from capacity planning to optimizing RAID and hard drives. I have found the book indispensable for my job.

If you are a person who tends to read technical books from cover to cover you will find that a great deal of time is spent with theory. Mr. Cervone spends many pages discussing every topic theoretically, and even gives good descriptions of useful command flags and what things you should be tuning.

The big failure of the book, that I've found, is the lack of examples. For the most part, the books is devoid of this important tool. However, this book is not intended for the beginner. By the time that you get around to using this book you should be able to understand man pages and figuring out how to issue commands based on the archaic writings of Sun engineers (enough of my ranting on Sun man pages). So if you can read man pages you can figure out, based on the book, the commands you need to issue for maximum performance.

I highly recommend this book for any professional who uses Solaris daily for their livelihood, although I would hold off purchasing it if you are a novice Solaris admin.

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, April 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Solaris 7 Performance Administration Tools (Paperback)

My friend at work bought this book. It proved to be a great investment. It explained how to fine tune your server to get the most out of it. Great buy for a sysadmin wanting performance.