An series of performance related papers for VMware’s ESX Server. Pretty deep.
• Isolating Performance Problems (PDF)
This paper provides an overview of the process used to troubleshoot performance problems in the ESX Server environment.
• Representing Physical Machines in the Virtual World (PDF)
This paper describes the process for troubleshooting a suspected performance problem at the machine representation layer (i.e., virtual machine layer).
• Using esxtop to Troubleshoot Performance Problems (PDF)
This paper describes the process for troubleshooting a suspected performance problem at the virtualization layer (i.e., the ESX Server layer) using the esxtop tool.
• ESX Performance Tips and Tricks (PDF)
[i]This paper provides [more …]
[Via Thincomputing.net]