linux

Objectives

• Explain why software package management systems should be used
• Understand the role of both binary and source packages
• List the main available package management systems
• Understand why two levels of utilities are needed
  • One that deals with just bare packages
  • One that deals with dependencies among packages
• Explain how creating your own package enhances the control you have over exactly what goes in software and how it is installed

Objectives

• Know how to use entries in
  • /proc/sys/vm
• Decipher
  • /proc/meminfo
• Use vmstat
  • To display information about memory, paging, I/O, processor, activity, and processes memory consumption
• Understand
  • How the OOM-Killer decides when to take action and selects which processes should be exterminated to open up some memory

Memory Tuning considerations