Performance Tuning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform for Databases

Explore performance tuning techniques for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform to optimize database performance in this comprehensive 2015 Red Hat Summit talk. Learn how to tune the operating system on bare metal and virtual platforms, utilize Linux containers for multitenancy and improved performance, and identify database performance issues using Linux tools. Gain insights into the effects of various OS settings through comparative performance data. Discover NUMA architecture, memory and network tuning, application isolation with cgroups, KVM architecture, virtualization tuning techniques, and essential performance monitoring tools like perf.

Intro
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX
1/0 Tuning - Database Layout
Understanding NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access)
Memory Tuning - Effect of NUMA Tuning
Network Tuning - Databases
Database Performance
Cgroup - Application Isolation
Quick Overview - KVM Architecture
Virtualization Tuning - Caching
Virt Tuning - Tuning Transparent Huge Pages
Virtualization Tuning - Network
Performance Monitoring Tools
Performance Monitoring Tool - perf