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Boot Process Visualization

Posted by timothy on from the what-in-what-order dept.

zigam writes "The time needed to boot desktop Linux systems is becoming an issue. That's why I recently took the challenge posted by Red Hat's Owen Taylor on the Fedora developers list and came up with a tool for visualization of the boot process. It collects performance data during the boot up and then renders an SVG or PNG performance chart. It immediately helped Red Hat developers solve some issues and I have since received boot charts from other GNU/Linux developers as well. Solaris kernel developers reported success in improving their boot process too." Update: 12/15 20:04 GMT by T : Sorry, someone decided your time was worth wasting; no more mirrored bootchart.

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  1. IIS? by swordboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    No comments and your IIS web server is down. Nice.

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    1. Re:IIS? by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

      He was, but his Linux box just took so long to boot it wasn't worth the effort.

  2. Reboot visualization by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want similar charts of telemetry of a server as it goes down, like the forensics of a Slashdotting. Today's front-page feature should give zigam plenty of data to experiment with ;).

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    1. Re:Reboot visualization by which+way+is+up · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love it so much better when they go down sloooowwww. Oh yeah baby take your time...

      Oh, wait, are we talking about the same thing here?

  3. heh by minus_273 · · Score: 5, Funny

    in case it is slashdotted here is a mirror of the chart.

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  4. Hahahah by Lisandro · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Update: 12/15 19:32 GMT by T: An anonymous coward adds this mirrored version of one of the bootcharts."

    Have you actually bothered to check that link? It made me spit my Coke in laughter.