Issue 6: Performance Monitoring

In this issue, discover performance monitoring tools, explore a new SUSE cloud service, and review RAM basics.

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Articles from ADMIN Issue 06

Ubuntu Server 11.10 64-bit edition

SGI's Bill Mannel talks about the ICE HPC platform

On ICE

ADMIN editor Joe Casad chats with Bill Mannel, SGI's Vice President for Server Marketing, on the latest release of SGI's Altix ICE high performance computing platform.

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Beyond monitoring: Mathematical load simulation in Perl

That Computes

Simulations and the ability to predict the future can show what effect adding new hardware, or changing the load, can have. Armed with the right know-how, anybody can use this tool.

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Touring SUSE's new cloud product

Green Awakening

SUSE enters the cloud fray with an OpenStack-based product that integrates easily with SLES and even comes with an Android admin app.

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Performance monitoring in Windows Server 2008 R2

Performance can be a problem if you run additional services like Sharepoint, Exchange, or SQL on a Windows server. Luckily, the Windows tools described here can help administrators identify and resolve these problems.

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RAM revealed

Memory Research

Virtualized systems are inflationary when it comes to RAM requirements. Storage access is faster when excess RAM is used as a page cache, and having enough RAM helps avoid the dreaded performance killer, swapping. We take a look at the current crop of RAM.

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