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System Performance Tuning (Nutshell Handbooks) Paperback – January 1, 1990

by Mike Loukides (Author)
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System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your UNIX-based computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? Anyone who has ever used a computer has wished that the system was faster, particularly at times when it was under heavy load. If your system gets sluggish when you start a big job, if it feels as if you spend hours waiting for remote file access to complete, if your system stops dead when several users are active at the same time, you need to read this book. Some performance problems do require you to buy a bigger or faster computer, but many can be solved simply by making better use of the resources you already have.
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  1. Print length
    332 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    O'Reilly & Associates, Incorporated
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1990
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.77 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0937175609
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0937175606
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System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your UNIX-based computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? Anyone who has ever used a computer has wished that the system was faster, particularly at times when it was under heavy load. If your system gets sluggish when you start a big job, if it feels as if you spend hours waiting for remote file access to complete, if your system stops dead when several users are active at the same time, you need to read this book. Some performance problems do require you to buy a bigger or faster computer, but many can be solved simply by making better use of the resources you already have. Contents include: Real and perceived performance problems. Simple tricks to improve keyboard response. Locating your problem; finding out what your system is doing. Using tools such as at and batch to manage system load. Surviving without a lot of memory. Configuring your I/O system for the best throughput. Detecting an overworked or malfunctioning network. Building a kernel that uses your system more efficiently.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly & Associates, Incorporated; 1st Paperback Edition (January 1, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 332 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0937175609
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0937175606
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.77 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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W. Ewien
5.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014
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The book is right and thanks for Amazon make shopping books as easy as 123. really like it.
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Geoff S.
3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, but now woefully out-of-date
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2012
This is an excellent book, but, ten years later, it's now woefully out-of-date. It has a heavy emphasis on Solaris, whose use is in steep decline. Many of the technologies (SCSI, SBus) are obsolete. Other technologies (SSD, SATA, SAS) were not practicable at the time. There are still useful sections, but it's up to the reader to work out what parts are no longer applicable.

Hopefully O'Reilly is working on a worthy successor.
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John Muirhead-Gould
1.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2006
I have relied on O'Reilly for many UNIX SA topics. System Performance Tuning was a very boring read for me. It seemed to cover too many topics, none in enough depth. I really was eager to learn about the intricacies of the vmstat, iostat, etc. commands. While the book does discuss them, it sprinkles the use of them throughout the book, and relies very heavily on the Solaris variety of them.

I was under the impression that this book would be targeted for seasoned SA's. I was very wrong- there is no need for discussions on how "threads are not processes" or generic definitions of what RAID or a network is; prior knowledge of these should all be assumed in this kind of book.

Not only was the book poorly constructed and not nearly deep enough, but there were also technical mistakes throughout. This really bugs me: once I see a single glaring mistake in a technical book, I begin to second-guess anything that doesn't appear right (even though it may be correct!)

I hope the next version is better done.
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Bhaskar Chowdhury
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
Reviewed in India on June 18, 2022
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A must read for people who is inclined to know nitty gritty details of the operating system management.Recommended. Invaluable resource.
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Marc
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for what I needed!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2017
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Bought this for work. I'm kinda new to Linux and I somehow managed to have landed myself a job doing Linux. So I read this book and it teaches you little tricks and tips about Linux and its performance.
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Rajendra Ladkat
4.0 out of 5 stars Best if you plan for SRE
Reviewed in India on September 10, 2022
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Good starting point for SRE
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Emmanuel Oboh
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2014
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great book and good seller
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