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Fundamentals of Performance Testing

  • Overview of the performance testing lifecycle.
  • Techniques for interpreting performance test outcomes.

Architectural & Application Models

  • Two and three-tier architectures.
  • N-tier architecture designs.
  • Middleware-based architectures (utilizing MQ, Web Services, etc.).

Core Technologies

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

In-Depth Analysis - Monitoring Concepts & Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows - Perfmon, UNIX - nmon, vmstat)
    • Run queue (average processor queue length)
    • Network I/O operations
    • Disk I/O operations
    • Memory metrics (available, used, paging space, FS cache, etc.)
    • CPU metrics (available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pool management
    • Thread Pool management
  • Insight into specialized monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning techniques
    • SQL Trace analysis
    • AWR or Statspack report interpretation
    • Execution plan analysis
  • Concepts regarding Bandwidth and FTP
  • Network Monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Familiarity with database systems such as Oracle.
  • Proficiency with application containers, including WebSphere, Weblogic, or similar platforms.
  • Solid understanding of programming languages, particularly Java.
  • Foundational knowledge of performance testing principles.
  • Competence in SQL.
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