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 Duration 35 hours

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Fundamentals of Performance Testing

  • The performance testing lifecycle
  • Interpreting performance test outcomes

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

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

Core Technology Skills

  • Essential UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor)
  • Foundational Oracle/SQL concepts (including Queries, Tables, and Triggers)
  • Basic C/Java programming principles

In-Depth Analysis: Monitoring Concepts and Tools

  • Hardware Monitoring (Windows - Perfmon, UNIX - nmon, vmstat)
    • Run queue metrics (Average processor queue length)
    • Network IO performance
    • Disk IO performance
    • Memory management (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU metrics (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and App Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) analysis via heap dumps
    • Connection Pool optimization
    • Thread Pool management
  • Familiarity with enterprise monitoring platforms like CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning techniques
    • SQL Trace analysis
    • AWR or Statspack report evaluation
    • Examination of query execution plans
  • Concepts of Bandwidth and FTP protocols
  • Network Monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • Familiarity with database systems such as Oracle
  • Proficiency with application servers like WebSphere or Weblogic
  • Solid understanding of programming languages, specifically Java
  • Foundational knowledge of performance testing methodologies
  • Competence in SQL

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