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Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Understanding Different Architectures and Application Models

  • 2-tier and 3-tier architecture.
  • N-tier architecture.
  • Middleware-based architectures (including Message Queues and Web Services).

Core Technologies

  • Essential UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor).
  • Fundamental Oracle and SQL concepts (including queries, tables, and triggers).
  • Basic C and Java programming concepts.

In-Depth Analysis: Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (utilizing tools like Windows Perfmon, UNIX nmon, and vmstat)
    • Run queue metrics (average processor queue length).
    • Network I/O.
    • Disk I/O.
    • Memory management (available memory, used memory, paging space, file system cache, etc.).
    • CPU metrics (available, virtual, online, and entitled capacity).
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java Heap) management and heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pool configuration and monitoring.
    • Thread pool management.
  • Overview of various monitoring tools, such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamentals of query tuning.
    • SQL tracing.
    • AWR (Automatic Workload Repository) and Statspack analysis.
    • Query execution plan analysis.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP protocols.
  • Network monitoring using tools like HTTPWatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

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