DTrace vs SystemTap
A side-by-side look at DTrace and SystemTap. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
DTrace
Os & Utilities
DTrace is a dynamic tracing framework created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time. It allows administrators, developers, and service personnel to concisely answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the operating system and user programs.
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SystemTap
Development
SystemTap is an open source scripting language and tool for dynamically tracing Linux systems. It provides information about a running Linux system to help diagnose performance or functional problems.
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