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Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
Performance problems in enterprise and cloud systems aren’t just annoying—they’re expensive, complex, and often maddeningly opaque. Brendan Gregg’s Systems Performance throws you into the deep end of Linux and Unix internals, armed with tools and methods to stop guessing and start knowing what’s really going on under the hood. This isn’t a light read or a quick fix; it’s a no-nonsense manual for anyone who’s tired of spinning wheels and wants to understand why their systems crawl or crash in the wild world of virtual machines and clouds.
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