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Fundamentals of Performance Testing

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

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

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

Technical Foundations

  • Essential UNIX commands (including grep, find, and the vi editor)
  • Core Oracle and SQL concepts (such as Queries, Tables, and Triggers)
  • Basic 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 I/O
    • Disk I/O
    • Memory (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pools
    • Thread Pools
  • Overview of various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning
    • SQL Trace
    • AWR or Statspack analysis
    • Query plans
  • Concepts of Bandwidth and FTP
  • Network Monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Familiarity with database systems such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application server containers like WebSphere or Weblogic.
  • Familiarity with programming languages, specifically Java.
  • Foundational knowledge of performance testing methodologies.
  • Proficiency in SQL.
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