Performance Management Guide
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Performance overview
Performance tuning
Performance tuning enhancements for AIX 5.2
AIX kernel tuning parameter modifications
Modifications to the vmtune and schedtune commands
Enhancements to the no and nfso commands
AIX 5.2 compatibility mode
AIX 5.2 system recovery procedures
System performance monitoring
Initial performance diagnosis
Resource Management Overview
Introduction to Multiprocessing
Planning and Implementing for Performance
Using POWER4-based Systems
CPU performance
CPU performance monitoring
Memory performance
Logical volume and disk I/O performance
File system performance
NFS performance
Network performance
LPAR performance
Dynamic logical partitioning
Application Tuning
Java performance monitoring
Analyzing Performance with the Trace Facility
Reporting Performance Problems
Appendix A. Monitoring and Tuning Commands and Subroutines
Appendix B. Efficient Use of the ld Command
Appendix C. Accessing the Processor Timer
Appendix D. Determining CPU Speed
Appendix E. National Language Support: Locale versus Speed
Appendix F. Summary of Tunable Parameters
Appendix G. Test Case Scenarios
Appendix H. Notices
Index
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