IBM has posted a tutorial on tuning Red Hat Linux for maximum performance. Thanks Christian.
This tutorial details the ins and outs of transforming a stock, "out of the box" Red Hat installation into a finely tuned, stable system customized to individual needs and tastes. The material presented here is based on Red Hat 7.3, although many of the techniques and procedures discussed are equally applicable to other mainstream Linux distributions. And while the title uses the phrase "performance tuning," you'll soon discover that performance and security often go hand in hand.Read more
