SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 4.5, Administrator'S Manual

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The display of memory and resource allocations in the SPD Process Profiler allows SPD
Server Administrators to use the SAS Management Console as a handy view point to review
which SPD Server processes are occupying host computing resources, how the resources
are distributed across users and processes at a given point in time, and whether the resource
uses and distributions are appropriate for your computing environment.
The SPD Server Performance Server is not limited to displaying its performance summary
statistics in the SAS Management Console application. You can also configure the SPD
Server Performance Server, when you launch it, to create text log files that can be saved
locally on the SPD Server host machine. SPD Server ships with a perl utility called
process_perf_log that can parse the log that was created by the SPD Server Performance
Server.
Starting the SPD Server Performance Server
Overview of Starting the Performance Server
The SPD Server Performance Server can be started in two different ways. The Performance
Server can be invoked by command line, or it can be launched by calling an
rc.perf script
that is configured for your location's SPD Server installation.
The SPD Server Performance Server process is configured by default to output the captured
performance data to the user's screen. To disable the user screen display, redirect
stdout/
stderr to /dev/null . Redirecting the screen output also makes it easier to run spdsperf in
the background, or as an orphan.
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Chapter 13 • Setting Up SPD Server Performance Server