SouthEast Linux Fest 2024

How to measure Linux Performance Wrong
06-08, 11:00–11:50 (EST5EDT), Altispeed (JR Ballroom )

In this presentation, we'll address common errors in measuring Linux performance. Are you relying on LoadAvg to gauge CPU load or Disk Utilization for disk status? We'll delve into these and other often-misinterpreted metrics, offering improved measurement approaches for enhanced Linux performance assessment.


In this presentation, we will look at typical mistakes measuring or interpreting Linux Performance. Do you use LoadAvg to assess if your CPU is overloaded or Disk Utilization to see if your disks are overloaded? We will look into these and a number of other metrics that are often misunderstood and/or misused as well as provide suggestions for better ways to measure Linux Performance.

Peter Zaitsev, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Percona, Coroot, and FerretDB, is an expert in Open Source strategy and database optimization. Peter also advises numerous open-source startups and co-authored the book "High Performance MySQL."

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