Overview
Performance tuning and capacity planning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Performance Tuning: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH442) teaches senior Linux® system administrators the methodology of performance tuning. This course discusses system architecture with an emphasis on understanding its implications on system performance, performance adjustments, open source benchmarking utilities, networking performance, and tuning configurations for specific server use cases and workloads.
This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8.
Following course completion, hands-on lab access will remain available for up to 45 days for any live course that includes a virtual environment.
Skills Covered
- Analyze and tune for resource-specific scenarios
- Applying tuning profiles with the tuned tool
- Tune in virtual environments (hosts and guests)
- Trace and profile system events and activities
- Tune resource limits and utilization using systemd-integrated cgroups
- Gather performance metrics and benchmarking data
Who Should Attend
- Senior Linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resource utilization through performance tuning
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Performance Tuning.
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in Performance Tuning has demonstrated the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to monitor performance metrics on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems and configure performance enhancements suitable for various production workloads.
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in Performance Tuning is able to:
- Use utilities to analyze system behavior
- Monitor and alter kernel behavior
- Analyze system and application performance
- Tune running systems
- Tune memory utilization
- Configure disk and file subsystems
- Tune network performance
