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Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Understanding Architectures and Application Models

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

Technology Stack

  • Fundamental UNIX commands (grep, find, vi editor, etc.)
  • Basic Oracle/SQL concepts (Queries, Tables, Triggers, etc.)
  • Core C/Java programming principles

Detailed 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) - Heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pool management
    • Thread Pool management
  • 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
  • Understanding of bandwidth and FTP
  • Network monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Knowledge of databases such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application servers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Understanding of programming languages like Java.
  • Background in performance testing.
  • Proficiency in SQL.
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