Client Server Performance Tuning: Designing for Speed...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 302 pages
• Published by: Computing Mcgraw-Hill March 24, 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0070711739
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0070711730
• Book Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Book Description
Because typical client/server investments are often negatively disproportionate to typical ROIs, network services expert Sid Wise offers a systems-tuning solution that really delivers what client/server is supposed to. He explains what client/server actually is, describes the trade-offs between various approaches, points to some real places to look for performance gains, and shows how to avoid repeating the same mistakes twice. The book provides a practical program for measuring losses-finding the roots of poor performance-and recovering productivity by specifically targeting operating environments and applications architectures. Easy to read and based on real life scenarios, coverage includes UNIX, MVS, Windows NT, and OS/2 environments, networking and telecom advice; technical problem-solving options; and political fix-it tips.

Back Cover Copy
Get to the root of client/server performance problems and solve them without the usual trial-and-error! Want to overcome typical problems that hamper client/server performance and deliver a poor return on client/server investments? Then use these system-tuning solutions that make a client/server system perform the way it's supposed to. System architect Sid Wise gives you an end-to-end look at client/server applications, how they are designed, and how they interact with their environment to show you how to locate and fix sources of poor performance. Most client/server applications that are delivered today fail to meet users' performance expectations. Specific vendors' tools address only localized parts of the problem. Client/Server Performance Tuning looks at all tiers of client/server applications and points you toward hidden pockets of speed-robbing processing. When applications degrade system performance, you can use the book's technical problem-solving options and situation management tips. Learn how to: Identify bottlenecks and performance hogs; Measure the actual effect of tuning changes; Tune an application and its environment; Handle a performance crisis; Make realistic trade-offs between various tuning approaches; Avoid making performance worse while tuning. Complete with coverage of UNIX, MVS, Windows NT, and OS/2 environments, Client/Server Performance Tuning is an indispensable reference for application designers, developers, and project managers.