This page contains Velocity presentations on various z/VM and Linux on System z topics.
Linux and z/VM Performance Configuration
Guidelines(March, 2008)
Oracle Performance (WAVV, May
2004)
Performance Analysis for Linux (WAVV, May
2004)
Server Consolidation (IBM Technical Conference, 2002)
Measuring Linux and NT Servers (IBM Technical Conference, 2002)
Server Consolidation (CMG Australia, 2002)
Server Consolidation (IBM Technical Conference, 2003)
The following are excerpts from various Velocity Software presentations. Velocity Software is very active in researching on VM and Linux on System z performance; these excerpts highlight specific interesting points from some of the presentations above.
Correcting Linux reporting
Why Linux process reporting is incorrect on shared
hardware, as well as how ESALPS avoids the problem.
Processor Capacity Requirements
AFS Performance Case Study, or Why Linux
CPU Reporting is So Very Very Wrong!