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Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Understanding Various Architectures and Application Models

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

Technology Stack

  • Fundamental UNIX commands (grep, find, vi editor, etc.).
  • Basic Oracle/SQL concepts (queries, tables, triggers, etc.).
  • Core C/Java programming concepts.

Detailed Analysis: Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows Perfmon, UNIX nmon, vmstat)
    • Run queue (average processor queue length).
    • Network input/output (IO).
    • Disk input/output (IO).
    • 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) heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pools.
    • Thread pools.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning techniques.
    • SQL tracing.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plans.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP protocols.

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of databases such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
  • Knowledge of performance testing methodologies.
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