Chapter 13. Troubleshooting system performance issues

This chapter covers

  • Understanding and measuring your system behavior
  • Controlling application and client demands on system resources
  • Multilevel strategies for addressing resource shortages
  • Strategies for effective ongoing monitoring protocols

Do “cascading chaos” and “impending doom” describe your IT operations right now? Are your servers slow and unresponsive? Do your customers complain about poor application performance? Or have you stopped bragging about the unbelievable experience you get from your new-ish workstation?

Even if it’s not as bad as all that, life won’t always progress smoothly. The fact that, by definition, we’re always trying to squeeze the greatest possible value from ...

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