 | Level: Intermediate Tom Syroid (dwcomments@syroidmanor.com), Freelance author, Studio B Productions
21 Aug 2002 This tutorial details the ins and outs of transforming a stock, "out of the box" Red Hat installation into a finely tuned, stable system customized to individual needs and tastes. The material presented here is based on Red Hat 7.3, although many of the techniques and procedures discussed are equally applicable to other mainstream Linux distributions. And while the title uses the phrase "performance tuning," you'll soon discover that performance and security often go hand in hand.
Prerequisites
This tutorial is written for intermediate Linux server administrators who want to customize Linux to increase the performance and reliability of an installation. Readers should have a basic understanding of common *NIX administrative concepts and tasks, such as file system layout, daemons and services, editing configuration files, the Linux initialization process, and networking.
System requirements
You will need JavaScript enabled on your browser. To run the examples in this tutorial, you'll need a pre-existing Linux installation, or a system on which there is enough available free drive space to install a rudimentary Linux distribution.
Duration
Under two hours
Formats html, pdf
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