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Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Understanding Various Architectures and Application Models

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

Technology Stack

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

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 (Available, Used, Paging space, File System Cache, etc.).
    • CPU (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.).
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pools.
    • Thread pools.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL Trace.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plans.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with databases such as Oracle.
  • Knowledge of application containers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
  • Understanding of performance testing principles.
  • Competence in SQL.
 35 Hours

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