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Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing life cycle.
  • Interpretation of performance test results.

Understanding Various Architectures and Application Models

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

Technology Stack

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

Detailed Analysis and Monitoring Concepts/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 and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pooling.
    • Thread pooling.
  • Familiarity with various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL trace.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plan analysis.
  • Understanding of bandwidth and FTP.
  • Network monitoring using tools like HTTPWatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with databases such as Oracle.
  • Knowledge of application containers like WebSphere or WebLogic, among others.
  • Understanding of programming languages like Java.
  • Prior knowledge of performance testing concepts.
  • Proficiency in SQL.
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