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Chapter 1. Performance Concepts

Chapter 2. Resource Management Overview

Chapter 3. Introduction to Multiprocessing

Chapter 4. Planning and Implementing for Performance

Chapter 5. System Monitoring and Initial Performance Diagnosis

The Case for Continuous Performance Monitoring

Using the vmstat, iostat, netstat, and sar Commands

Using the topas Monitor

Using the Performance Diagnostic Tool

Using the Performance Toolbox

Determining the Kind of Performance Problem Reported

Identifying the Performance-Limiting Resource

Managing Workload

Chapter 6. Monitoring and Tuning CPU Use

Chapter 7. Monitoring and Tuning Memory Use

Chapter 8. Monitoring and Tuning Disk I/O Use

Chapter 9. Monitoring and Tuning Communications I/O Use

Chapter 10. Monitoring and Tuning NFS Use

Chapter 11. Monitoring and Tuning Java

Chapter 12. Analyzing Performance with the Trace Facility

Chapter 13. Using Performance Diagnostic Tool (PDT)

Chapter 14. Reporting Performance Problems

Chapter 15. Application Tuning

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. Performance Tuning with AIX Fast Connect For Windows and OS/2

Appendix G. Summary of Tunable Parameters

Appendix H. Notices

Index