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Overview
This advanced course is designed for senior Linux system administrators aiming to optimize system performance. Participants will delve into system architecture, performance adjustment techniques, and the use of open-source benchmarking utilities. The curriculum emphasizes understanding system performance implications and tuning configurations tailored for specific server use cases and workloads. The course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8.
Objectives
By the end of this course, leaner will be able to:
- Analyze and tune systems for resource-specific scenarios.
- Apply tuning profiles using the ‘tuned’ tool.
- Optimize performance in virtual environments, both hosts and guests.
- Trace and profile system events and activities.
- Manage resource limits and utilization using systemd-integrated control groups (cgroups).
- Collect performance metrics and benchmarking data for informed decision-making.
Prerequisites
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in Linux system administration tasks.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Performance Tuningkeerti2025-01-29T17:07:23+05:30
- Understanding performance tuning concepts and goals.
Module 2: Performance Monitoring Toolskeerti2025-01-29T17:08:50+05:30
- Evaluating a variety of performance monitoring tools included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Module 3: Hardware Resource Analysiskeerti2025-01-29T17:09:36+05:30
- Viewing and interpreting hardware resource listings.
Module 4: Kernel Tunables and ‘tuned’ Profileskeerti2025-01-29T17:09:58+05:30
- Configuring the operating system to optimize for different workload requirements.
Module 5: Resource Management with Control Groupskeerti2025-01-29T17:11:39+05:30
- Managing resource contention and setting limits for services, applications, and users using cgroup configurations.
Module 6: System Tracing Toolskeerti2025-01-29T17:12:06+05:30
- Diagnosing system and application behaviors using various resource-specific tracing tools.
Module 7: CPU Optimizationkeerti2025-01-29T17:13:24+05:30
- Managing CPU resource sharing and scheduling to control utilization.
Module 8: Memory Optimizationkeerti2025-01-29T17:14:17+05:30
- Configuring settings for efficient memory utilization tailored to different workloads.
Module 9: Storage I/O Optimizationkeerti2025-01-29T17:14:38+05:30
- Managing settings for efficient disk utilization across various use cases.
Module 10: File System Optimizationkeerti2025-01-29T17:14:58+05:30
- Enhancing application efficiency concerning file system utilization.
Module 11: Network Optimizationkeerti2025-01-29T17:15:08+05:30
- Improving application efficiency in network utilization.
Module 12: Tuning in Virtualized Environmentskeerti2025-01-29T17:15:19+05:30
- Understanding the requirements and techniques for tuning in virtualized settings.
Module 13: Comprehensive Reviewkeerti2025-01-29T17:16:34+05:30
- Applying learned skills by observing system performance, evaluating metrics, and configuring settings to enhance performance.
