Keeping your Linux systems running optimally is a mission-critical function for most Linux IT professionals. This course will teach you the appropriate tools, subsystems, and techniques you need to get the best possible performance out of Linux.
INSTRUCTOR-LED COURSE
Linux Performance Tuning (LFS426)
Who Is It For
This course is designed for IT professionals who are responsible for optimizing Linux performance.
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What You’ll Learn
In this course you will learn about industry configuration best practices, the best tried-and-true optimization performance tuning tools and techniques, how to manually optimize the kernel’s behavior, tracing, profiling and instrumentation techniques across a wide range of conditions, and more.
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What It Prepares You For
This Linux performance optimization course prepares you to use all the tools and techniques you need to keep your Linux systems running at optimal levels. These techniques and tools have been developed and tested in the most demanding high-performance computing environments.
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Introduction
Linux Foundation Training
Linux Foundation Certifications
Linux Foundation Digital Badges
Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
Distribution Details
Labs
Performance Optimization Principles
Optimization Process
Investigation Tools
Labs
Benchmarking
Synthetic Benchmarks
Application Benchmarks
Labs
Tuning Interfaces
Kernel Tunables
Kernel Parameters
Application Interfaces
tuned
Hardware Tunables
Labs
Monitoring Interfaces
Command-line Utilities
Performance Data Collection
Nagios
Ganglia
Kernel Monitoring
Labs
Profiling Techniques and Tools
Counters
Performance Ratios
Kernel vs Application Profiling
oprofile
Perf
Available perf events
Acquiring Performance Data with perf
Monitoring Performance from Within the Application
User Space Performance Monitoring with gprof
Labs
Tracing Tools
strace
Library Tracing
Kernel Tracing
ftrace
SystemTap
Tracing Applications with SystemTap
Labs
CPU Subsystem
CPU-Level Optimizations
Specialized Instruction Sets
CPU Topology
BIOS Settings
Labs
Power Management
Device Power Management
CPU Power Saving States
Frequency Scaling
Power Management Tools
Labs
Process Scheduling
Scheduling Policies
Scheduling Tunable Settings
CPU Affinity and Isolation
Interrupt Affinity
Control Groups
Labs
Memory Subsystem
Page Lookup Optimization and Huge Pages
Controlling Swapping from Applications
Minimizing Faults
Labs
NUMA Optimizations
NUMA Memory Allocation
NUMA Statistics
Labs
I/O Subsystem
I/O Scheduler Concepts
I/O Scheduler Algorithms
Hardware Considerations
Tuning Storage Devices
Labs
Local Filesystems
Ext3/4 Journaling Modes
Filesystem Attributes
Labs
Network Filesystems
NFSv4
pNFS
Labs
Storage and IO
RAID Levels
RAID configuration
Logical volumes
Volumes and Volume Groups
Creating Logical Volumes
Raw Devices
Asynchronous I/O
Labs
Analyzing the I/O Subsystem
iotop
blktrace
blkparse
btrace
btt
blkiomon
Labs
Network Subsystem Optimization
Optimizing for Latency and Throughput
Network Interface Hardware Settings
Offloading Techniques
TCP Optimization
Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools
Labs
Virtualization
Disk Considerations
Network Considerations
Labs
Closing and Evaluation Survey
Prerequisites
Jul 2021
The information provided on the topic is great.
Mar 2021
Good instructor. Tom knows a lot about this material, and has a lot of experience and expertise.
Mar 2021
Trainer is an expert in this field, and provided great explanation.
Dec 2020
It was good to see the instructor showing many things on the command line.
Dec 2020
I liked the paper copy of the course material, and the depth of the coverage of the course matter.
$3250
Nov, 8 - 11, 2021
9:00 am - 5:00 pm US/Central
Virtual, Instructor-Led
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Live Online (Virtual) or Live (Classroom)
4 days of Instructor-led class time
Hands-on Labs & Assignments
Resources & Course Manual
Certificate of Completion
Digital Badge
