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Fedora Linux System Administration

You're reading from   Fedora Linux System Administration Install, manage, and secure your Fedora Linux environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804618400
Length 560 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:The Fedora Project
2. Chapter 1: Linux and Open Source Projects FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2:Workstation Configuration
4. Chapter 2: Best Practices for Installation 5. Chapter 3: Tuning the Desktop Environment 6. Chapter 4: Optimizing Storage Usage 7. Chapter 5: Network and Connectivity 8. Part 3:Productivity Tools
9. Chapter 6: Sandbox Applications 10. Chapter 7: Text Editors 11. Chapter 8: LibreOffice Suite 12. Chapter 9: Mail Clients and Browsers 13. Part 4:System Administration Tools
14. Chapter 10: System Administration 15. Chapter 11: Performance Tuning Best Practices 16. Chapter 12: Untangling Security with SELinux 17. Chapter 13: Virtualization and Containers 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Main tuning – CPU and memory

In the previous section, Figure 11.1 illustrated the different tools that help us collect performance information on the use of system resources.

The tools display system information such as free disk space, CPU temperature, and other essential components, as well as network information such as the system’s IP address and current upload and download rates.

Monitoring the resources of the running system represents one of the many main tasks of a system administrator. The goal of system monitoring is to determine whether the current performance meets the specified technical requirements.

Monitoring the performance of resources helps us know about the areas that need improving.

Before changing the CPU and memory usage configuration, let’s take a brief look at the basic monitoring tools included in Fedora Linux.

Overview of monitoring tools

Monitoring tools provide per-process statistics and are based on process structures...

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