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Introduction to performance testing

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

Exploring various architectures and application models

  • 2-tier and 3-tier architectures
  • N-tier architectures
  • Middleware-based architectures (utilizing MQ, Web Services, etc.)

Technical fundamentals

  • Essential UNIX commands (e.g., grep, find, vi editor)
  • Basic Oracle and SQL concepts (Queries, Tables, Triggers, etc.)
  • Fundamental C and Java 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 (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and App Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) and heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pool management
    • Thread Pool management
  • Overview of major monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning
    • SQL Trace analysis
    • AWR or Statspack report analysis
    • Query plan optimization
  • Understanding Bandwidth and FTP protocols
  • Network Monitoring using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of database systems such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers, including WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Basic proficiency in programming languages like Java.
  • Existing knowledge of performance testing methodologies.
  • Competence in SQL.
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