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System Performance Tuning
Gian-Paolo Musumeci & Mike Loukides
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Description for System Performance Tuning
Paperback. This work covers two distinct areas: performance tuning, or the art of increasing performance for a specific application, and capacity planning, or deciding what hardware best fulfils a given role. This book focuses on the operating system, the underlying hardware, and their interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UL; UM; UYD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? In the current economic downturn, performance tuning takes on a new importance. It allows system administrators to make the best use of existing systems and minimize the purchase of new equipment. Well-tuned systems save money and time that would otherwise be wasted dealing with slowdowns and errors. Performance tuning always involves compromises; unless system administrators know what the compromises are, they can't make intelligent decisions. Tuning is an essential skill for ... Read more
System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? In the current economic downturn, performance tuning takes on a new importance. It allows system administrators to make the best use of existing systems and minimize the purchase of new equipment. Well-tuned systems save money and time that would otherwise be wasted dealing with slowdowns and errors. Performance tuning always involves compromises; unless system administrators know what the compromises are, they can't make intelligent decisions. Tuning is an essential skill for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596002848
SKU
V9780596002848
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About Gian-Paolo Musumeci & Mike Loukides
Mike Loukides is an editor for O'Reilly & Associates. He is the author of System Performance Tuning and UNIX for FORTRAN Programmers. Mike's interests are system administration, networking, programming languages, and computer architecture. His academic background includes degrees in electrical engineering (B.S.) and English literature (Ph.D.). Gian-Paolo Musumeci is a research engineer in the Performance and Availability Engineering group at ... Read more
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