The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Performance issues can be caused by any of a system's components, software or hardware, and by their interaction. Many performance diagnostics utilities are available for Oracle Linux, including tools that monitor and analyze resource usage by different hardware components and tracing tools for diagnosing performance issues in multiple processes and their threads.