Redbook : Tuning IBM eserver x Series Servers for Performance

これは一読の価値がある、かもしれない。
IAサーバにおける各部分について、OSについて、モニタリングツール、ボトルネックの調査について、各アプリケーションの挙動についてなどがまとめられている。
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Understanding server types

Part 1. Server subsystems
Chapter 3. Introduction
Chapter 4. Processors and cache subsystem
Chapter 5. PCI bus subsystem
Chapter 6. Memory subsystem
Chapter 7. Disk subsystem
Chapter 8. Network subsystem

Part 2. Operating systems
Chapter 9. Microsoft Windows
Chapter 10. Linux
Chapter 11. VMware ESX Server
Chapter 12. NetWare 6 and 6.5

Part 3. Monitoring tools
Chapter 13. Windows tools
Chapter 14. Linux tools
Chapter 15. NetWare 6 and 6.5 tools
Chapter 16. Capacity Manager

Part 4. Working with bottlenecks
Chapter 17. Spotting a bottleneck
Chapter 18. Analyzing bottlenecks for servers running Windows
Chapter 19. Analyzing bottlenecks in Linux
Chapter 20. Analyzing bottlenecks in NetWare
Chapter 21. Case studies

Part 5. Applications
Chapter 22. File and print servers
Chapter 23. Lotus Domino
Chapter 24. SAP R/3
Chapter 25. IBM DB2 Universal Database
Chapter 26. Microsoft SQL Server
Chapter 27. Oracle
Chapter 28. Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server
Chapter 29. Microsoft Internet Information Services
Chapter 30. Apache HTTP Server