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What are the key highlights of DTrace?

April 26, 2017DTrace highlights key

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What are the key highlights of DTrace?

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• Provides a fully instrumented operating system, with more than 30,000 instrumentation points in the kernel alone • Provides a unified view of both the application and the kernel • No changes to applications are required • No need to reboot or even restart applications before, during, or after a DTrace session • Safe to use on production systems as user cannot accidentally ‘panic’ the system • Gives precise and accurate response to queries • Easy to get started using DTrace through prewritten scripts of DTrace routines

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Key highlights of DTrace include the following: • Provides a fully instrumented operating system, with more than 30,000 instrumentation points in the kernel alone • Provides a unified view of both the application and the kernel • No changes to applications are required • No need to reboot or even restart applications before, during, or after a DTrace session • Safe to use on production systems as user cannot accidentally ‘panic’ the system • Gives precise and accurate response to queries • Easy to get started using DTrace through prewritten scripts of DTrace routines