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h1. System and Application Performance, Monitoring, and Tuning

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[System Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-System]
* [Open Storage Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-OpenStorage]
* [Flash Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Flash]
* [CMT Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-CMT]
* [Network Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Network]



[Software Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Software]
* [ZFS Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-ZFS]
* [Oracle Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Oracle]
* [MySQL Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-MySQL]
* [Web Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Web]
* [Other Software Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Other]

[Tools|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Home#Home-Tools]
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* [Performance|http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=26]
* [Databases|http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=175]
* [Observability|http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=36]
* [ZFS|http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=80]
* [DTrace|http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=7]
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* [Best Performance, Best Practices|http://blogs.sun.com/bestperf]
* [Solaris Internals Performance Wiki|http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/Solaris_Internals_and_Performance_FAQ]
* [Performance Community|http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/performance]
* [Observability Community|http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/observability]
* [ZFS Community|http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs]
* [DTrace Community|http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/dtrace]
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h2. System Performance

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h5. Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Array

* [MySQL Performance on Sun Storage 7000|http://blogs.sun.com/dlutz/entry/mysql_on_sun_storage_7000] Jun 2009
* [Performance of Sun 7000 Unified Storage Array Line Compared|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/compared_performance_of_sun_7000] Jun 2009
* [Roch Bourbonnais, Principal Engineer, shares practical insights into Sun Storage 7000 performance (video)|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/performance_of_the_hybrid_storage] Mar 2009
* [Load Testing the Sun Storage 7000 with Bonnie+\+|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/decoding_bonnie] Dec 2008
* [Sun Engineers give the inside scoop on the Sun Storage 7000|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/engineering_the_hybrid_storage_pool] Nov 2008
* [Using ZFS as a Network Attach Controller and the Value of Solid State Devices|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/using_zfs_as_a_network] Nov 2008
* [Designing Performance Metrics for the Sun Storage 7000|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/designing_performance_metrics_for_sun] Nov 2008
* [Delivering Performance Improvements to Sun Storage 7000|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/delivering_performance_improvements_to_sun] Nov 2008
* [Network Performance on the Sun Storage 7000 Appliance|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/network_performance_on_open_storage] Nov 2008

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* [CMT Performance page|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/CMT+Performance] \- get the details here
* [Sun engineers give the inside scoop on the new UltraSPARC T2 Plus Systems|http://blogs.sun.com/allanp/entry/sun_s_cmt_goes_multi] Apr 2008
* [Sun engineers give the inside scoop on the UltraSPARC T2 Systems|http://blogs.sun.com/allanp/entry/cmt_comes_of_age] Oct 2007
* [UltraSPARC T2 Server Resources|http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/tnb/t2.jsp]
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* [nicstat - the Solaris and Linux Network Monitoring Tool You Did Not Know You Needed|http://blogs.sun.com/timc/entry/nicstat_the_solaris_and_linux] Sep 2009, Tim Cook
* [Out of the Box Network Performance on Intel Nehalem Servers|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/network_performance_of_opensolaris_on] OpenSolaris compared with Linux. May 2009
* [Network Performance on Sun's Intel Nehalem Servers|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/network_performance_on_nehalem_servers] Apr 2009
* [Monitoring Packet Distribution on Sun Multithreaded 10Gigabit Ethernet|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/monitoring_packet_distribution_on_10] Feb 2009
* [Network Performance on the Sun Storage 700 Appliance|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/network_performance_on_open_storage] Nov 2008
* [10 Gigabit Ethernet on UltraSPARC T2|http://blogs.sun.com/puresee/entry/10_gigabit_ethernet_on_ultrasparc1] Apr 2008
* [Scaling nxge performance with transmit serialization|http://blogs.sun.com/cs/entry/achieving_line_rate_on_a] Mar. 2008
* [Networking on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440|http://blogs.sun.com/hotnets/entry/networking_on_the_sun_sparc] Oct 2008
* [Examining Large Segment Offload (LSO) in the Solaris Networking Stack|http://blogs.sun.com/hotnets/entry/examining_large_segment_offload_lso] Nov 2008
* [CPU Utilization in networking - the TCP transmit path|http://blogs.sun.com/hotnets/entry/cpu_utilization_in_networking_the] Dec 2008
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h2. Software Performance

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h5. ZFS with Databases

* [ZFS Best Practices with MySQL|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/mysql_innodb_zfs_best_practices] May 2009
* [Optimizing MySQL Performance with ZFS|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/optimizing_mysql_performance_with_zfs] Apr 2009
* [Databases and ZFS|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/zfs_and_databases] Sep 2006
* [Running OLTP Workloads on ZFS|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/zfs_and_oltp] Sep 2006

h5. Understanding ZFS Performance

* [Losing My Fear of ZFS|http://blogs.sun.com/jhenning/entry/losing_my_fear_of_zfs] May 2009 - A beginner reviews some ZFS rumors, and finds them outdated.
* [Inodes in ZFS|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/need_inodes] Feb 2009
* [Where are we with ZFS performance?|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/people_ask_where_are_we] Nov 2008
* [ZFS Write Throttling|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/the_new_zfs_write_throttle] May 2008
* [Monitoring ZFS ARC Statistics|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/zfs_arc_statistics] Sep 2007
* [ZFS and NFS: A Fine Combination|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/nfs_and_zfs_a_fine] Jan 2007
* [When RAID-Z makes sense (and when it doesn't)|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/when_to_and_not_to] May 2006
* [A Quick Guide to the ZFS Intent Log (ZIL)|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/the_zfs_intent_log] Nov 2005
* [ZIL Block Size Selection Policy|http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/zil_block_size_selection_policy] Nov 2005
* [Comparing the Performance of UFS and ZFS (on Day 1)|http://blogs.sun.com/roch/entry/zfs_to_ufs_performance_comparison] Nov 2005

h5. ZFS Guides

* [ZFS Best Practices Guide|http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide]
* [ZFS Evil Tuning Guide|http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide]
* [ZFS Configuration Guide|http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Configuration_Guide]
* [ZFS Troubleshooting Guide|http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide]
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* [Oracle Database Performance page|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Oracle+Database+Performance]
* [Oracle Middleware Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Oracle+Middleware+Performance]
* [Oracle Application Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Oracle+Application+Performance]
* [Oracle Analysis 101: Beginning Analysis Techniques|http://blogs.sun.com/glennf/entry/oracle_analysis_101_begining_analysis] Apr 2009
* [The Effect of Virtual CPUs on Oracle SGA Allocations|http://blogs.sun.com/glennf/entry/virtual_cpus_effect_on_oracle] Nov 2008
* [Growing Green databases with Oracle on the UltraSPARC CMT processor|http://blogs.sun.com/glennf/entry/oracle_open_world_2008_growing] Oracle Open World 2008 Presentation. Sep 2008
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* [MySQL Performance page|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/MySQL+Performance] \- get the details here
* [MySQL Performance Tuning and Optimization Resources|http://www.mysql.com/performance] at mysql.com
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* [Web Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Web+Performance]
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* [OpenSource Software Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Open+Source+Software+Performance]
* [IBM Software Performance|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/IBM+Software+Performance]
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h2. Tools

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* [Main Tools Page|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/Tools]
* [DTrace Toolkit|http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/dtrace/dtracetoolkit]. The DTraceToolkit is a collection of useful documented scripts developed by the OpenSolaris DTrace community.
* See also [Monitoring MySQL with DTrace|http://wikis.sun.com/display/Performance/MySQL+Performance#MySQLPerformance-MySQLDTrace]
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