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Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing lifecycle.
  • Interpreting performance test results.

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

  • 2-tier and 3-tier architectures
  • N-tier architecture
  • Middleware-based architectures (e.g., MQ, Web services)

Technology Fundamentals

  • Essential UNIX commands (e.g., grep, find, vi editor)
  • Core Oracle and SQL concepts (Queries, Tables, Triggers)
  • Basic C and Java programming 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, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU metrics (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) and heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pools
    • Thread Pools
  • Overview of enterprise monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning
    • SQL Trace analysis
    • AWR or Statspack analysis
    • Query execution plans
  • Concepts of Bandwidth and FTP
  • Network monitoring using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Familiarity with database systems such as Oracle.
  • Working knowledge of application servers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
  • Foundational understanding of performance testing principles.
  • Competence in SQL.
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