Advanced Unix: Performance & Tuning Course
Course Description
The objective of this course is to provide UNIX System Administrators with an introduction to system performance and tuning . At the end of the course delegates will have the skills required to monitor the performance of a Unix system, interpret performance data and tune the system for optimum performance.
This course is a generic UNIX course and will cover the tools and techniques available for the most popular variants of UNIX such as Solaris, AIX,HP-UX SCO and Linux.
This course is a generic UNIX course and will cover the tools and techniques available for the most popular variants of UNIX such as Solaris, AIX,HP-UX SCO and Linux.
Course pre-requisites:
Delegates should be competent in the skills covered by the PTR Unix Administration course.
Topics covered on the 2 day Advanced Unix: Performance & Tuning course
Introduction To System Performance
- System Performance issues
- System Resources.
Monitoring System Activity
- The ps Command
- The cron Command
- System Accounting
- The sar Command
- The vmstat Command
Managing The Workload
- Reducing Workload
- Scheduling Priority
- Using at and cron for off-peak processing
CPU Performance
- Kernel Tables
- Kernel Parameters
- Monitoring CPU Usage
- Tuning Guidelines
Memory Performance
- Paging & Swapping
- Conserving Memory
- Monitoring Memory Usage
- Tuning Guidelines
Disk Performance
- Partitions & Filesystems
- Planning & Creating Filesystems
- Filesystem Buffers
- Monitoring Disk Usage
- Tuning Guidelines
Kernel Configuration
- System V Kernels
- BSD Kernels
- Custom Kernels
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | July 2010 |
| 22-23 | - | 17-18 | - | - |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Unix Training and bespoke Unix courses
The Advanced Unix: Performance & Tuning course qualifies for the PTR Training Passport SAVE IT Scheme, which offers discounts on bookings for multiple courses and/or multiple delegates.