{"product_id":"linux-performance-for-system-administrators-optimize-cpu-memory-disk-i-o-networking-and-the-linux-kernel-with-perf-ebpf-bpftrace-benchmarking-9798176739596","title":"Linux Performance for System Administrators: Optimize CPU, Memory, Disk I\/O, Networking, and the Linux Kernel with perf, eBPF, bpftrace, Benchmarking,","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yuto Kisaragi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: System Administration - Linux \u0026amp; UNIX Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINUX PERFORMANCE FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS is a practical guide to diagnosing, optimizing, and validating Linux system performance across CPU, memory, storage, networking, and the kernel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesigned for system administrators, DevOps engineers, SREs, infrastructure professionals, and advanced Linux users, this book focuses on real-world performance engineering rather than generic tuning advice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou will learn how to investigate high load, CPU saturation, memory pressure, swap activity, OOM conditions, NUMA imbalance, disk latency, NVMe performance issues, TCP retransmissions, packet loss, application slowdowns, and unexplained P99 latency using a repeatable evidence-driven workflow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book covers essential Linux performance tools including vmstat, mpstat, pidstat, sar, iostat, perf, bpftrace, bpftool, fio, stress-ng, sysbench, iperf3, ss, ethtool, tcpdump, numactl, and turbostat. You will also build modern observability and continuous profiling workflows with Prometheus, node_exporter, Grafana, Grafana Alloy, and Pyroscope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside, you will learn how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiagnose CPU scheduling, context switching, CPU affinity, steal time, and container throttling\u003cbr\u003eTroubleshoot memory pressure, page cache, swap, OOM events, huge pages, and NUMA behavior\u003cbr\u003eMeasure and optimize disk I\/O, filesystems, NVMe storage, queue depth, and latency\u003cbr\u003eInvestigate Linux networking, TCP performance, packet drops, retransmissions, MTU issues, and socket behavior\u003cbr\u003eProfile applications with perf, call graphs, and flame graphs\u003cbr\u003eUse eBPF and bpftrace for deeper kernel and application tracing\u003cbr\u003eBuild reliable benchmarks and avoid misleading performance tests\u003cbr\u003eDeploy continuous profiling and correlate infrastructure metrics with code-level CPU behavior\u003cbr\u003eDetect performance regressions, establish capacity headroom, and build practical performance runbooks \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you want to move beyond guesswork and develop a disciplined, production-focused approach to Linux performance troubleshooting and optimization, this book provides the tools, workflows, labs, and operational guidance to do it.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68016281518231,"sku":"9798176739596","price":2623.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798176739596.webp?v=1791400997","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/linux-performance-for-system-administrators-optimize-cpu-memory-disk-i-o-networking-and-the-linux-kernel-with-perf-ebpf-bpftrace-benchmarking-9798176739596","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}