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 Duration 35 hours (5 days)

Course Outline

Introduction to Performance Testing

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

Architectures and Application Models

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

Technology Fundamentals

  • Essential UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor).
  • Core Oracle/SQL concepts (Queries, Tables, Triggers, etc.).
  • Fundamental 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 and App Server Monitoring.
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis.
    • Connection Pools.
    • Thread Pools.
  • Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring.
    • Basic query tuning.
    • SQL Trace.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plans.
  • Understanding of Bandwidth and FTP.
  • Network Monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • Proficiency with database systems such as Oracle.
  • Familiarity with application containers including WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Competence in programming languages, specifically Java.
  • Foundational understanding of performance testing principles.
  • Knowledge of SQL.

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