| | h1. Performance Documentation |
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| | |!racecar3.gif!|Here is a starter pack that you started in understanding AIX performance.\\ |
| | Sorry but there is no short cuts to learning performance skills. | |
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| | | PDF document| [IBM Power Systems Performance Report|http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/reports/system_perf.html] | All the official performance numbers and industry benchmarks for current and older hardware. |
| | |Web Article|[AIX 5 performance series: CPU monitoring and tuning|http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/aix5_cpu/index.html]| CPU bottlenecks and improving performance| |
| | | |Redbook|[Understanding IBM pSeries Performance and Sizing|http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG245511.html]| First port of call for learning AIX Performance| |
| | | |Redbook|[Understanding IBM pSeries Performance and Sizing|http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG244810.html]| First port of call for learning AIX Performance| |
| | |Redbook|[Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM eServer p5 Servers: Architecture and Performance Considerations|http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg245768.html?Open]| IBM p5 Performance Considerations on POWER5 Architecture, Micro-Partitioning, Virtual SCSI, Virtual Ethernet and PLM Implementation| |
| | |Redbook|[Database Performance on AIX in the DB2 UDB and Oracle Environments|http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG245511.html]| Excellent for tuning databases on top of AIX| |
| | |Redbook|[AIX 5L Performance Tools Handbook|http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG246039.html]|Look here before reading the manuals| |
| | |AIX Online Manual|[The AIX Performance Management Guide|http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/doc/base/performance.htm]|Very good base information - good luck finding it in Info Center but it is there somewhere :-) [Here|http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/prftungd/prftungdtfrm.htm] is an early version of the Guide (for AIX V5.1.)| |
| | |Web Article|[Setting up AIX Workload Manager in 30 minutes|http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/library/es-Practical_WLM.html]|Excellent starter pack for WLM| |
| | |Web Article|[Methods for Detecting Memory Leaks in AIX Systems|^Detecting Memory Leak.doc]|Provides tools and techniques that can be used to isolate a memory leak in AIX process/application.| |
| | |Web Article|[VMM Tuning Tip: Protecting Computational Memory|^VMM Tuning Tip - Proctecting Comp Memory.pdf]|This document provides guidance to tune the VMM to protect computational memory. How to tune maxclient%, maxperm%, lru_file_repage, strict_maxperm and strict_maxclient.| |
| | |Web Article|[Understanding DIO & CIO|^Understand DIO v2.doc]|This document provides information on DIO and CIO, and provides tools to assistance in detecting problems with CIO and DIO.| |
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