There are many performance tools on the Linux platform, enough to make your head spin, but long-term exploration and experience have shown that the most useful ones are still those time-tested, simple little utilities. Below are the command-line tools collected from system performance expert Brendan D. Gregg’s talk on Linux performance (Linux Performance Tools).

1. Overview

2. Monitoring

3. Testing

4. Tuning

5. Static

6. Tracing

7. References

• http://www.brendangregg.com/linuxperf.html