RH442 - Red Hat Performance Tuning: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud
Length 4 days
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Why study this course
This course teaches senior Linux® system administrators the methodology of performance tuning. This course discusses system architecture with an emphasis on understanding its implications on system performance, performance adjustments, open source benchmarking utilities, networking performance, and tuning configurations for specific server use cases and workloads.
This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8.
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What you’ll learn
As a result of attending this course, students should be able to obtain, analyse, and interpret system performance metrics, which the business can use to increase cost effectiveness, maximise application performance, and make better decisions about investment in hardware or cloud resources.
Students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:
Analyse and tune for resource-specific scenarios
Applying tuning profiles with the tuned tool
Tune in virtual environments (hosts and guests)
Trace and profile system events and activities
Tune resource limits and utilisation using systemd-integrated cgroups
Gather performance metrics and benchmarking data
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Quality Instructors and Content
Expert instructors with real world experience and the latest vendor-approved in-depth course content.
Partner-Preferred Supplier
Chosen and awarded by the world's leading vendors as preferred training partner.
Ahead of the Technology Curve
No matter your chosen technologies or platforms, we can help you stay one step ahead.
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From our state-of-the-art classrooms to telepresence to your offices, our instructor-led training caters to your needs.
Track Record
We have a 30-year history of driving innovative, award-winning learning solutions.
More Courses, More Often
When you train with Lumify Work you get more courses, more often, in more locations, and from more vendors.
Who is the course for?
Senior Linux system administrators responsible for maximising resource utilisation through performance tuning.
Course subjects
Introduce performance tuning Describe performance tuning concepts and goals.
Select performance monitoring tools Evaluate the large selection of performance monitoring tools that are included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
View hardware resources View and interpret hardware resource listings.
Configure kernel tunables and tuned profiles Configure the operating system to tune for different workload requirements.
Manage resource limits with control groups Manage resource contention and set limits for resource use on services, applications, and users using cgroup configuration.
Analyse performance using system tracing tools Diagnose system and application behaviors using a variety of resource-specific tracing tools.
Tune CPU utilisation Manage CPU resource sharing and scheduling to control utilisation.
Tune memory utilisation Manage settings for efficient memory utilisation for different types of workloads.
Tune storage device I/O Manage settings for efficient disk utilisation in various use cases.
Tune file system utilisation Manage application efficiency for file system utilisation.
Tune network utilisation Manage application efficiency for network utilisation.
Tune in virtualisation environments Distinguish the requirements for tuning in virtualised environments.
Perform comprehensive review Demonstrate skills learned in this course by observing system performance using the appropriate tools, evaluating system metrics, and configuring settings to improve performance.
For candidates who have not earned their RHCE, confirmation of the correct skill set knowledge can be obtained by passing the online skills assessment.
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