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Configuration And Capacity Planning For Solaris Servers

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Performance-boosting guide for Solaris server configurations.

This book is a must-read for anyone working with Solaris servers, whether optimizing an existing system or planning a new one. With its comprehensive coverage of configuration and capacity planning, it provides practical advice to maximize performance while keeping costs low. The author, Brian Wong, goes into great detail on various aspects of system performance, including load characteristics, I/O considerations, memory and virtual memory management, disk access, file systems, and more. With ten detailed case studies, this book makes it easy for system administrators to apply the concepts and methodology presented. If you want to unleash the full potential of your Solaris server, this book is your go-to resource.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Configuration And Capacity Planning For Solaris Servers

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ISBN: 9780133499520

Description

No matter what application or SPARC architecture you're working with,
"Configuration and Capacity Planning for Solaris Servers" can help you
maximize the performance of your Solaris-based server. This is the most
comprehensive guide to configuring and sizing Solaris servers for virtually
any task, including: World Wide Web, Internet E-mail, ftp, and Usenet news
serversNFS serversDatabase managementClient/server
computingTimesharingGeneral purpose application serversInternet firewalls
Sun Microsystems engineer Brian Wong reviews the load characteristics of
each type of usage, in detail. He then demonstrates how each application
interacts with Solaris server architecture to impact each aspect of system
performance, including throughput, latency, utilization, and efficiency.
Ten detailed case studies make it easy for system administrators to take
advantage of the book's concepts and methodology. "Configuration and
Capacity Planning for Solaris Servers" focuses extensively on critical I/O
issues, showing how to tailor usage, applications, software, and hardware
to accommodate the realities of I/O. It presents detailed coverage of
memory and virtual memory; SBus and VME configuration; disk access, SCSI
and RAID subsystems; and file systems and backup issues. Wong also presents
important considerations in configuring systems based on each major SPARC
architecture. Whether you're optimizing an existing Solaris system or
planning a new one," Configurations and Capacity Planning for Solaris
Servers" gives you the practical advice and detailed technical information
you need to deliver maximum performance at the lowest possible cost.


Author: Brian L. Wong
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication Date: 1997
 

Performance-boosting guide for Solaris server configurations.

This book is a must-read for anyone working with Solaris servers, whether optimizing an existing system or planning a new one. With its comprehensive coverage of configuration and capacity planning, it provides practical advice to maximize performance while keeping costs low. The author, Brian Wong, goes into great detail on various aspects of system performance, including load characteristics, I/O considerations, memory and virtual memory management, disk access, file systems, and more. With ten detailed case studies, this book makes it easy for system administrators to apply the concepts and methodology presented. If you want to unleash the full potential of your Solaris server, this book is your go-to resource.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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