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Linux Performance Analysis and Tools [pdf]

41 points by simonreed 13y ago

aspensmonster 13y ago
Multiple links in the title? That's cool. And the slides are too, of course.
- AndreasFrom 13y ago
  The Scribd link is added automatically and is just another way to browse the pdf.
narsil 13y ago
Couldn't have asked for better timing. I'm currently debugging performance issues on a production machine and the summary of tools on slide 16 is really useful. I like the breakdown into beginner, intermediate and advanced. For anyone skimming, be sure to check out Methodologies (slide 86), which covers 4 different approaches to performance analysis.
kkuduk 13y ago
full blog post with video (was on HN already once or twice) http://www.joyent.com/blog/linux-performance-analysis-and-tools-brendan-gregg-s-talk-at-scale-11x http://www.joyent.com/blog/linux-performance-analysis-and-to...
shock 13y ago
Here's a direct link to the pdf[1] because the socallinuxexpo site returns a 404. [1] http://www.brendangregg.com/Slides/SCaLE_Linux_Performance2013.pdf http://www.brendangregg.com/Slides/SCaLE_Linux_Performance20...
blinkingled 13y ago
This makes me want to run to Solaris. How disgustingly fragmented, mostly unusable piece of crap Linux performance and profiling tools are. As someone who has seem even top break due to kernel changes, seen perf segfault time to time and seen that the dtrace ports (or SystemTap for that matter) most of the times lock up/panic the system - Solaris (or any other modern UNIX variant like HP-UX) feel so much more reliable, cohesive and just a better overall experience in profiling and performance analysis departments. Well at least perf works most of the time on Linux.
- jodrellblank 13y ago
  Out of curiosity, why don't you run Solaris?
  - blinkingled 13y ago
    Lack of X86 hardware support of course.
irabinovitch1 13y ago
Video available online as well. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/linux-performance-analysis-and-tools https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/linux-...

41 points by simonreed 13y ago

aspensmonster 13y ago

Multiple links in the title? That's cool. And the slides are too, of course.

AndreasFrom 13y ago
The Scribd link is added automatically and is just another way to browse the pdf.

narsil 13y ago

Couldn't have asked for better timing. I'm currently debugging performance issues on a production machine and the summary of tools on slide 16 is really useful. I like the breakdown into beginner, intermediate and advanced. For anyone skimming, be sure to check out Methodologies (slide 86), which covers 4 different approaches to performance analysis.

kkuduk 13y ago

full blog post with video (was on HN already once or twice) http://www.joyent.com/blog/linux-performance-analysis-and-tools-brendan-gregg-s-talk-at-scale-11x http://www.joyent.com/blog/linux-performance-analysis-and-to...

shock 13y ago

Here's a direct link to the pdf[1] because the socallinuxexpo site returns a 404. [1] http://www.brendangregg.com/Slides/SCaLE_Linux_Performance2013.pdf http://www.brendangregg.com/Slides/SCaLE_Linux_Performance20...

blinkingled 13y ago

This makes me want to run to Solaris. How disgustingly fragmented, mostly unusable piece of crap Linux performance and profiling tools are. As someone who has seem even top break due to kernel changes, seen perf segfault time to time and seen that the dtrace ports (or SystemTap for that matter) most of the times lock up/panic the system - Solaris (or any other modern UNIX variant like HP-UX) feel so much more reliable, cohesive and just a better overall experience in profiling and performance analysis departments. Well at least perf works most of the time on Linux.

jodrellblank 13y ago
Out of curiosity, why don't you run Solaris?
- blinkingled 13y ago
  Lack of X86 hardware support of course.

irabinovitch1 13y ago

Video available online as well. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/linux-performance-analysis-and-tools https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/linux-...