Analyzing Computer System Performance with Perl::PDQ

Second Edition

1 Details

Author: N. J. Gunther
Edition: Second
Publisher: Springer
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Editor: Ralf Gerstner
Hardcover: 475 pages
Year: 2011
ISBN-10: 3642225829
ISBN-13: 9783642225826
Software: Download the latest PDQ distribution

Features and Benefits of 2nd Edition:

New chapters on queues, tools and virtualization
Improved formatting of Perl code listings
Four Parts up from Three in 1st edn
Fully compatible with PDQ software
PDQ Manual online and in a separate Appendix
Crowd-sourced corrections to 1st edition included

2 News

Dateline Sun, Apr 29, 2012

Printed editions available from Springer and Amazon.
Kindle version. It can take Amazon some time before they offer a Kindle version. When ordering, check that it is the 2nd edition.
Amazon also provides a Kindle Reader app for non-Kindle devices.

3 Table of Contents

Part I Preliminary Concepts

Why Queues Rule Performance Analysis
Measurement Tools and Techniques
Time: The Zeroth Performance Metric

Part II Basic Queueing Theory for PDQ

Getting the Jump on Queueing
Queueing Systems for Computer Systems
Linux Load Average
Performance Bounds and Log Jams

Part III Practical Application of PDQ

Pretty Damn Quick: A Slow Introduction
Multicomputer Analysis with PDQ
How to Scale an Elephant with PDQ
Client/Server Analysis with PDQ
Web Application Analysis with PDQ
Virtual Machine Analysis with PDQ

Part IV Appendices

Thanks for No Memories
Compendium of Queueing Equations
Units and Abbreviations
Perl PDQ Manual
Solutions to Selected Exercises

4 Corrections

Errors and omissions for this 2nd edition are being collected in the online corrigenda.

To submit an erratum, please use this online Consulting Services form.
Include as much detail as possible to aid in locating and correcting the error:

subject: Perl PDQ Book
page number
line number
paragraph
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Collecting corrections for the 1st edition is now closed.
The names of all those spotters are listed alphabetically in the Preface of the 2nd edition .
Thanks to all.

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