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Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing life cycle.
  • 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 Fundamentals

  • Basic UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor).
  • Basic Oracle/SQL concepts (including queries, tables, and triggers).
  • 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 metrics (available, used, paging space, file system cache, etc.).
    • CPU metrics (available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.).
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis.
    • Connection pools.
    • Thread pools.
  • Understanding of various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL trace.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plans.
  • Understanding bandwidth and FTP.
  • Network monitoring using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of databases such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Knowledge of programming languages, particularly Java.
  • Proficiency in performance testing methodologies.
  • Understanding of SQL.
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