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Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing life cycle.
  • Interpreting performance test results.

Exploring Various Architectures/Application Models

  • 2/3 tier architecture.
  • N-tier architecture.
  • Middleware-based architectures (e.g., MQ, Webservices).

Technology Stack

  • Basic UNIX commands (e.g., grep, find, vi editor).
  • Basic Oracle/SQL concepts (e.g., Queries, Tables, Triggers).
  • Core C/Java concepts.

In-Depth Analysis - Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows - Perfmon, UNIX - nmon, vmstat).
    • Run queue (average processor queue length).
    • Network I/O.
    • Disk I/O.
    • Memory metrics (available, used, paging space, file system cache, etc.).
    • CPU metrics (available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.).
  • Web Server/Application Server Monitoring.
    • JVM (Java heap) and heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pools.
    • Thread pools.
  • Gaining familiarity with monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring.
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL tracing.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plans.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP.
  • Analyzing network performance using HTTPWatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with databases such as Oracle.
  • Knowledge of application servers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
  • Experience with performance testing.
  • Understanding of SQL.
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