The Every Computer Performance Book
by Bob Wescott · first published 2013
2mentions
2recommended by
2HN commenters
2022–2024first – last mentioned
100% recommend
This is a short, occasionally funny, book covers the four main tools of performance work: Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Load Testing, and Modeling. For a performance book, this one has several unique features. It works for any collection of computers you have. It teaches you how to use whatever meters they give you and how to discover more about those meters than the documentation reveals. It only requires the most simple math on your part, yet it allows you to easily use some fairly advanced techniques to do important work quickly. It is full of practical advice from someone
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
There's The Every Computer Performance Book http://www.treewhimsy.com/TECPB/Book.html and the blog it's based on, https://rwwescott.wordpress.com/
on “Ask HN: How can I learn about performance optimization?” ↗…software performance, and I gathered the following books, which I plucked for the stuff I needed: - computer systems - bryant & o'hallaron - bpf performance tools - gregg - systems performance - gregg - every computer performance book - wescott - sql performance explained - winand - computer organization and design - hennessy, patterson - computer architecture - hennessy, patterson - algorithms - sedgewick - understanding software…
on “The value of owning more books than you can read (2018)” ↗