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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Performance Testing

  • The performance testing lifecycle
  • Interpreting performance test outcomes

Exploring Architectures and Application Models

  • Two-tier and three-tier architectures
  • N-tier architecture
  • Middleware-based architectures (including MQ, Webservices, etc.)

Core Technologies

  • Essential UNIX commands (such as grep, find, and the vi editor)
  • Basic Oracle and SQL concepts (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 management (Available, Used, Paging space, FS Cache, etc.)
    • CPU utilization (Available, virtual, online, entitled, etc.)
  • Web Server and Application Server Monitoring
    • JVM (Java heap) - heap dump analysis
    • Connection Pooling
    • Thread Pooling
  • Overview of various monitoring tools such as CA Wily Introscope and IBM Tivoli
  • Database Monitoring
    • Fundamental query tuning
    • SQL Trace
    • AWR or Statspack analysis
    • Query execution plans
  • Concepts related to Bandwidth and FTP
  • Network monitoring techniques using HTTPwatch or Fiddler

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of database systems such as Oracle
  • Familiarity with application server containers like WebSphere or Weblogic
  • Proficiency in programming languages, particularly Java
  • Foundational knowledge of performance testing principles
  • Working knowledge of SQL

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