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Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing lifecycle.
  • Techniques for interpreting performance test results.

Grasping Various Architectures and Application Models

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

Core Technologies

  • Essential UNIX commands (e.g., grep, find, vi editor).
  • Fundamentals of Oracle and SQL (queries, tables, triggers, etc.).
  • Basic concepts of C and Java programming.

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 metrics (available, used, paging space, file system cache, etc.).
    • CPU metrics (available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.).
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM monitoring (Java heap) and heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pool analysis.
    • Thread pool analysis.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL tracing.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plan analysis.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP.
  • Network monitoring using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of databases such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Knowledge of programming languages, specifically Java.
  • Proficiency in performance testing methodologies.
  • Competence in SQL.
 35 Hours

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