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2005 Sep 11
8
DTrace vs truss
G''Day Folks,
I''ve finally typed up my classic DTrace demo, which I use to introduce
people to DTrace (I delivered this at SOSUG#1),
http://www.brendangregg.com/DTrace/dtracevstruss.html
Here I create a fault and show the difficulty in analysing it using
previous tools. Then I compare the impact of analysing the problem
using both DTrace and truss. DTrace wins (a lot!).
Thanks to the PAE guys from Adelaide for suggesting to run sar -c, it''s
the icing on the cake. :)...
2005 Nov 18
6
expected system load from DTrace scripts/probes
Does anyone out there have any thoughts on the type of load common
DTrace scripts would cause on a system if run 24x7? I know "common
DTrace scripts" and their underlining probe calls a vague statement. So
for the lack of a common and establish set of scripts in the OS, I''ll
use the most popular right for my question...the DTraceToolkit from
Brendan Gregg. Which by the