Comments on: Using OProfile to Monitor Kernel Overhead on Linux With Oracle http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/using-oprofile-to-monitor-kernel-overhead-on-linux-running-oracle/ Platform, Database and Storage Topics Thu, 23 May 2013 18:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Peeking into Linux kernel-land using /proc filesystem for quick’n’dirty troubleshooting | Tanel Poder's blog: IT & Mobile for Geeks and Pros http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/using-oprofile-to-monitor-kernel-overhead-on-linux-running-oracle/#comment-41669 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:50:53 +0000 http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/using-oprofile-to-monitor-kernel-overhead-on-linux-running-oracle/#comment-41669 [...] Of course, the CPU event profiling tools can often do much more than just a pstack, OProfile, Perf and even DTrace’s CPC provider (in Solaris11) can set up and sample CPU internal performance counters to estimate things like the amount of CPU cycles stalled waiting for main memory, amount of L1/L2 cache misses, etc. Better read what Kevin Closson has to say on these topics: (Perf, Oprofile) [...]

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