[TriLUG] Meeting January 14: Investigating and Addressing Performance Issues

[Matthew Frazier via TriLUG]

Topic: Investigating and Addressing Performance Issues
Presenter: William Cohen
Sponsor: Apex Systems
When: Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Bandwidth, Venture III, 900 Main Campus Dr
Raleigh, NC 27606
Parking: Venture Center Deck, adjacent to Venture III
(visitor spaces are unrestricted after 5pm)
Map: http://osm.org/go/ZYRUokxgI--

Synopsis
Rather than just accepting poor system performance, you can use the
tools available in Linux to better understand the underlying causes of
those issues and suggest ways of resolving them. This presentation will
include:

- How to use tools such as the Linux kernel's perf tool to show what
regions of code consume the most processor time.
- How to identify areas of an application that most need to be
optimized.
- How modern processors work (just enough to better interpret
performance data).
- A demonstration of these tools running on a Dragonboard 410c, an
inexpensive aarch64 development board.

Bio
William Cohen has been a developer of performance tools at Red Hat for
the past decade. He has worked on numerous performance tools in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and Fedora, including OProfile, PAPI, SystemTap, and
Dyninst.

Officer Nominations
This meeting will include an election to replace resigning PR Officer
Matthew Frazier on the TriLUG Steering Committee. Currently, Jeremy
Davis is nominated. If you wish to nominate yourself, you can do so on
the TriLUG mailing list or at the meeting.

Sponsor
Apex Systems, an On Assignment company (NYSE: ASGN), provides
organizations with scalable IT staffing solutions to address critical
gaps in their current workforce and augment workforce management
strategies. We specialize in providing IT professionals for contract,
contract-to-hire, direct placement, and managed solutions to clients in
Fortune 500, mid-market, and emerging companies.

Visit http://www.apexsystemsinc.com to learn more about Apex. To view
our current job openings and join our Talent Network, visit
http://itcareers.apexsystemsinc.com

Thanks,
Matthew Frazier
TriLUG PR Officer
https://www.trilug.org/