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Linux Server Performance Troubleshooting

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Scenario: A system is experiencing slow performance, troubleshoot the server.

Treat this as a hands-on incident response exercise. Explain how you would scope the impact, gather evidence, isolate the bottleneck, apply a safe remediation, and verify recovery. State what you would communicate to stakeholders and what follow-up actions would prevent recurrence.