From the basics of system performance to using analysis and optimization tools to their full, vast resource shows developers and software architects how to get the most from Solaris systems and applications. Whether you re new to performance analysis and optimization or an experienced developer looking for the most efficient way to resolve performance issues,? This practical guide gives you background information, tips, and techniques for developing, optimizing, and debugging applications on Solaris. In addition, you will learn how to use a set of developer tools to identify performance problems, accurately interpret output from tools, and select the approach, the most intelligent of the most efficient way to fix the specific problems and achieving maximum system performance. Coverage includes A discussion of the chip multithreading (CMT) processors from Sun and how they change the way that developers need to think about the performance A detailed introduction to performance analysis and optimization tools included with Solaris OS and Sun Studio compiler Practical examples for using the developer tools to their fullest, including information tools, compilers, floating point optimizations, libraries and linking, performance profilers, and debuggers Guidelines for interpreting tool analysis output Optimization, including hardware performance counter metrics and source code optimization techniques to improve application performance using multiple processes or multiple threads Overview of hardware components and software that affect system performance, including coverage of SPARC and x64 processors