Linux Performance Monitoring – vmstat

Linux Performance Monitoring - vmstat

Linux server performance monitoring through the ‘vmstat’ command, is one of the oldest and most valuable ways to capture memory statistics. ‘vmstat’ stands for ‘Virtual Memory Statistics’ and it is a utility that provides an excellent low-overhead view of system performance. Because ‘vmstat’ is such a low-overhead tool, it is practical to keep it running … Read more

VMWare Systems Performance Counters

VMWare Systems Performance Counters

VMWare systems are used as servers to provide virtualization solutions for businesses. Virtualization is a technology used to allow a single physical server to be divided into multiple virtual servers, each running its own operating system and applications. This provides a great deal of flexibility, allowing businesses to deploy applications quickly and easily while reducing … Read more

Solaris Operating System Performance Counters

Solaris Operating System Performance Counters

Solaris is a Unix-based operating system developed by Sun Microsystems and now owned by Oracle. It is designed for use on SPARC, x86, and IA-64 architectures. Solaris is used as a server operating system in many large enterprise environments and cloud computing solutions. It provides a wide range of features, including virtualization, clustering, high availability, … Read more

HP-UX Operating System Performance Counters

HP-UX Operating System Performance Counters

The HP-UX operating system is a server-based operating system developed and marketed by Hewlett-Packard (HP). It is a Unix-based operating system designed for the Hewlett-Packard 9000 series of servers. HP-UX is a robust, secure, and stable operating system that is widely used in corporate data centers. It is well suited for mission-critical applications, such as … Read more

Unix (AIX) Operating System Performance Counters

Unix AIX operating system performance counters

AIX is an IBM proprietary operating system based on the UNIX operating system and is used on IBM Power Systems servers. It is optimized for large-scale enterprise computing and provides a high degree of reliability, availability, scalability and security. AIX is compliant with the POSIX standard and includes a wide range of application development tools … Read more