- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (18 Oct 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0131115510
- ISBN-13: 978-0131115514
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.9 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,256,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For System Administrators, application programmers, MIS managers, and general users of UNIX systems who are interested in learning about and/or optimizing the performance of their UNIX system and networks.
This is the most complete book available on performance optimization—featuring coverage of UNIX, networking (TCP/IP), hardware architecture, and program optimization—all in one volume. Covers performance basics; understanding UNIX; BSD instrumentation; System V instrumentation; system tuning; optimizing user programs written in high- level languages; and making accurate measurements. Explains in detail the output from each command—along with “real-life” rules of thumb on what value is “good” and what is not.
About the Author
Amir Majidimehr is Senior Director of Engineering at Sony Microsystems, San Jose, California where he is in charge of workstation development. Previously, as an engineer in the UNIX Development Group at Gould, Inc., he wrote many device drivers and extensively rewrote major portions of BSD and System V operating systems. He has taught many classes in UNIX internals and performance tuning.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A worthy synthesis of disparate information on the topic.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Optimizing UNIX for Performance (Paperback)
I approach books that claim as much as this one does, with an air of suspicion. I was therefore looking out for ommissions or errors, seeing as I've studied the topic myself, and read a number of the documents Majidimehr refers to.
I found very few errors, and those only of marginal importance. Within the bounds of commonality and effectiveness (of technique) that he set himself, the advice is complete, sound and easily absorbed. Majidimehr propounds a general approach around the practical advice, which will guide readers even when the book has no specific lesson to relate.
The information Majidimehr presents is all available elswhere but he combines it and brings implications into clear focus for the reader, which makes it all worthwhile.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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One Stop Book for UNIX Tuning,
By Karl Waddell (kwaddell@ispchannel.com) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Optimizing UNIX for Performance (Paperback)
Fantastic book on how to tune UNIX. It should be a required book in any UNIX administrators library. It covers all system aspects and UNIX flavors.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent in-depth treatment of UNIX performance!,
By P a u l Guth - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Optimizing UNIX for Performance (Paperback)
This book is not for the faint of heart, but if you're familiar with UNIX and are interested in learning more about its internals and how they affect performance, this is the perfect book for you! Majidimehr's explanations of UNIX internals are clear and concise, and he gives you all the details you need to understand how they all impact performance. My only gripe is that the book is getting a wee bit out of date (1996) so some of the specifics he discusses don't matter so much anymore. However, the general principles of performance tuning will never be obsolete, and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning them.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A worthy synthesis of disparate information on the topic.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Optimizing UNIX for Performance (Paperback)
I approach books that claim as much as this one does, with an air of suspicion. I was therefore looking out for ommissions or errors, seeing as I've studied the topic myself, and read a number of the documents Majidimehr refers to.
I found very few errors, and those only of marginal importance. Within the bounds of commonality and effectiveness (of technique) that he set himself, the advice is complete, sound and easily absorbed. Majidimehr propounds a general approach around the practical advice, which will guide readers even when the book has no specific lesson to relate.
The information Majidimehr presents is all available elswhere but he combines it and brings implications into clear focus for the reader, which makes it all worthwhile.
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