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 Duration 35 hours

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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 (including grep, find, and the vi editor).
  • Core Oracle and SQL skills (Queries, Tables, Triggers, etc.).
  • Fundamental C and Java concepts.

In-Depth 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, FS Cache, etc.).
    • CPU metrics (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.).
  • Web Server and App Server Monitoring.
    • JVM (Java heap) analysis, including heap dumps.
    • Connection Pools.
    • Thread Pools.
  • Overview of monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli.
  • Database Monitoring.
    • Fundamental query tuning.
    • SQL Trace.
    • AWR or Statspack analysis.
    • Query plan analysis.
  • Understanding Bandwidth and FTP protocols.
  • Network Monitoring using tools like HTTPwatch or Fiddler.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with database systems such as Oracle.
  • Working knowledge of application servers and containers like WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Proficiency in programming languages, specifically Java.
  • Foundational understanding of Performance testing methodologies.
  • Proficiency in SQL.

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