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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Performance Testing

  • The performance testing life cycle.
  • Interpreting performance test results.

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

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

Technical Foundations

  • Essential UNIX commands (grep, find, vi editor, etc.)
  • Fundamental Oracle/SQL skills (Queries, Tables, Triggers, etc.)
  • Core C/Java concepts

In-Depth Analysis - Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows - Perfmon, UNIX - nmon, vmstat)
    • Run queue (Average processor queue length)
    • Network IO
    • Disk IO
    • Memory (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server/App Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pool
    • Thread Pool
  • Familiarity with various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning
    • SQL Trace
    • AWR or Statspack analysis
    • Query plans
  • Understanding of Bandwidth and FTP.
  • Network monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of databases such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers, including WebSphere, WebLogic, or similar platforms.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
  • Foundational knowledge of performance testing principles.
  • Working knowledge of SQL.

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