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Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

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

Core Technologies

  • Essential UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor)
  • Fundamental Oracle/SQL concepts (including queries, tables, and triggers)
  • Basic C/Java programming concepts

In-Depth Analysis: Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows - Perfmon, UNIX - nmon, vmstat)
    • Run queue (Average processor queue length)
    • Network IO
    • Disk IO
    • Memory metrics (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU metrics (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and App Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) analysis, including heap dumps
    • Connection Pools
    • Thread Pools
  • Overview of various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning
    • SQL Trace
    • AWR or Statspack analysis
    • Query execution plans
  • Concepts related to Bandwidth and FTP
  • Network Monitoring techniques using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of database systems such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers, including WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Working knowledge of programming languages, particularly Java.
  • General awareness of performance testing principles.
  • Proficiency in SQL.
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