Servers
Performance Tuning for Linux(R) Servers
Format: Hardcover
Author: Sandra K. Johnson
ReleaseDate: 27 May, 2005
Publisher: IBM Press
Rating:
Performance Tuning for Linux Servers 
It's more like collection of scientific paper, authored by stuffy prefessors cooped up in a dusty office somewhere. Each chapter is written by a different person, and as result there's a rather disparate feel to the whole book. The words are interesting and well written, and there's plenty to learn, but if you're expecting a group of quick hacks to impress your boss on Monday morning, you'll be disappointed. You will however, be a better and wiser systems administrator.
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not so good 
I really wanted to like this book, and I hope IBM can put together a second edition that fixes the serious flaws this one has. I found this book to be uneven, and to have problems getting the details right, even in some simple cases.
I'm going to disagree
I did find it uneven in spite of the editors obvious attempts at blending. I just can't bring myself to like this. I want to like it - individually the chapters are excellent, but I just have trouble seeing this as a coherent work. For me, it's choppy and the different styles make me uncomfortable.
Perhaps I can see it as a reference book. I could see myself pulling this down and going to a particular chapter for advice on that specific subject. As such, this surely has value, but I just don't care for it as a corpus.
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