A Related Reading: Performance Tools and Information

WebLogic Information

• For general information about Oracle, see the Oracle Web site at http://www.oracle.com

• Oracle Technology Network Web site at http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html

• "Professional J2EE Programming with BEA WebLogic Server" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861002998/qid%3D990130139/107-7659827-5248549 by Paco Gomez and Peter Zadrozny, 2000

• "BEA WebLogic Server Bible" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764548549/ref=ase_zeeware-20/002-9563870-3452011 by Joe Zuffoletto, et al, 2002

• "J2EE Performance Testing with BEA WebLogic Server" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904284000/qid=1024655766/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/102-8494684-1874510 by Peter Zadrozny, Philip Aston, and Ted Osborne, 2002

• "Mastering BEA WebLogic Server: Best Practices for Building and Deploying J2EE Applications" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/047128128X/104-9412286-0155141?v=glance&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books by Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, Jeff McDaniel, and Raja Mukherjee, 2003

Sun Microsystems Information

• For general information about Sun Microsystems, see Sun's Web site at http://www.sun.com

• Sun Microsystems Performance Information at http://java.sun.com/docs/performance/index.html

• Java Standard Edition Platform Documentation at http://java.sun.com/docs/index.html

• Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs

• "Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual" at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2724?

• For WebLogic Server and Solaris-specific details, see the SPARC Solaris links on the Supported Configurations pages at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html.

• For more about Solaris configuration, check the Solaris FAQ at http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/index.html.

• "Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130952494/o/qid=990130340/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/107-7659827-5248549 by Adrian Cockcroft, et al, 1998

Linux OS Information

• For general information about the Linux operating system, see http://www.linux.org/

• For information about the Linux Documentation Project, see http://www.tldp.org/

• For information about Redhat Enterprise Linux, see http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/

• For information about SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, see http://www.novell.com/products/linuxenterpriseserver/

• "Linux Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672320819/104-9412286-0155141?vi=glance, by Jason R. Find, et al, 1997, Sams 2001

• "Ipsysctl Tutorial 1.0.4" at http://ipsysctl-tutorial.frozentux.net/ipsysctl-tutorial.html

• "The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1886411484/104-4452937-4644719?v=glance, by Michael Stutz

Hewlett-Packard Company Information

• General Hewlett-Packard information at http://thenew.hp.com/

• For WebLogic Server and HP-UX-specific details, see Hewlett-Packard HP/9000 with HP-UX 11.0 and 11i on the Certifications Pages at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html.

• "Java Performance Tuning on HP-UX" at http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechDocumentDetailPage_IDX/1,1701,1602,00.html

• Hewlett Packard JMeter at http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/hpjmeter/, a tool for analyzing profiling information

• HP GlancePlus Pak software at http://www.managementsoftware.hp.com/products/gplus/index.html

• Java Technology Software on HP-UX at http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/java2/hpjconfig/index.html

Microsoft Information

• General Microsoft information at http://www.microsoft.com/ms.htm

• "Windows 2000 Performance Tuning" at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/optimize/perftune.mspx

• "Windows 2000 Performance Guide" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565924665/qid%3D1055443647/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-9412286-0155141, by Mark Friedman and Odysseas Pentakalos, 2002, O'Reilly

Web Performance Tuning Information

• "Apache Performance Notes" at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/perf-tuning.html

• "iPlanet Web Server 4.0 Performance Tuning, Sizing, and Scaling" at http://docs.sun.com/source/816-5663-10/perf.htm

• "The Art and Science of Web Server Tuning with Internet Information Services 5.0" at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/web/tuning.asp

• "Web Performance Tuning: Speeding Up the Web" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565923790/qid=995320796/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/002-2021652-9667227, by Patrick Killelea, Linda Mui (Editor), O'Reilly Nutshell, 1998

• "Capacity Planning for Web Performance: Metrics, Models, and Methods" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130659037/qid=1019850167/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-9563870-3452011, by Daniel A. Menasce, Virgilio A. F. Almeida, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998

• "Scaling for E-Business: Technologies, Models, Performance, and Capacity Planning" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130863289/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-9088491-5954535?v=glance&s=books&st=*, by Daniel A. Menasce, Virgilio A. F. Almeida, Prentice Hall PTR, 2000

Network Performance Tools

• TracePlus/Ethernet at http://www.sstinc.com, a network packet analysis tool for Windows 95/98/ME, NT 4.x, Windows 2000/XP

Load Testing Tools

• LoadRunner at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/software.html, a tool that predicts enterprise-level system behavior and performance by emulating thousands of users and employs performance monitors to identify and isolate problems.

• e-Load at http://www.empirix.com/Empirix/Web+Test+Monitoring/testing+solutions/web+application+load+testing.html, a fast and accurate way to perform load testing, scalability testing, stress testing of enterprise Web applications.

• The Grinder at http://sourceforge.net/projects/grinder/, a pure Java load-testing framework.

Performance Analysis Tools

A profiler is a performance analysis tool that allows you to reveal hot spots in the application that result in either high CPU utilization or high contention for shared resources. Some common profilers are:

• OptimizeIt Java Performance Profiler at http://www.borland.com/optimizeit/optimizeit_profiler/index.html from Borland, a performance debugging tool for Solaris and Windows

• JProbe Profiler with Memory Debugger at http://www.quest.com/jprobe/, a family of products that provide the capability to detect performance bottlenecks, perform code coverage and other metrics

• Hewlett Packard JMeter at http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/hpjmeter/, a tool for analyzing profiling information

• VTune Performance Analyzer at http://www.intel.com/software/products/vtune/, a tool to identify and locate performance bottlenecks in your code

• PerformaSure at http://www.quest.com/performasure/, a tool to detect, diagnose, and resolve performance problems in multi-tier J2EE applications

Production Performance Management

• ClearApp at http://www.clearapp.com/ provides comprehensive, enterprise class, fully integrated application production monitoring and diagnostic solutions for J2EE Infrastructures.

• Veritas i3 for Web-J2EE at http://www.veritas.com/Products/www?c=product&refId=316, is a monitoring, analysis, and tuning tool for Web-based J2EE Applications.

Benchmarking Information

• SPECjbb2000 at http://www.spec.org/osg/jbb2000/docs/whitepaper.html, a software benchmark product developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). SPECjbb2000 is designed to measure a system's ability to run Java server applications.

• SPECjAppServer2004 (Java Application Server) at http://www.spec.org/osg/jAppServer2004/, a client/server benchmark for measuring the performance of Java Enterprise Application Servers using a subset of J2EE API's in a complete end-to-end web application.

Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Information

• JRockit JDK Documentation at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13150_01/jrockit_jvm/jrockit/webdocs/index.html

• JVM Corner at artima.com at http://www.artima.com/index.jsp

• Sun Microsystems FAQ at http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/PerformanceFAQ.html about Java HotSpot technology and about performance in general

• Performance Documentation for the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine at http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/index.html.

• Java HotSpot VM Options at http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/VMOptions.html, a Sun Microsystems document provides information on the command-line options and environment variables that can affect the performance characteristics of the HotSpot JVM.

• "Improving Java Application Performance and Scalability by Reducing Garbage Collection Times and Sizing Memory Using JDK 1.4.1" at http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/midp/articles/garbagecollection2/index.html, a Sun Microsystem document on how to reduce garbage collection times with JDK 1.4.1.

• "The Java Virtual Machines Technology" at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/vm/index.html

• "Which Java VM scales best?" at http://www.javaworld.com/jw-08-1998/jw-08-volanomark.html from JavaWorld, results of a VolanoMark 2.0 server benchmark show how 12 virtual machines stack up.

• "Garbage Collection: Algorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471941484/richardjones/002-1748120-9756040 by Richard Jones, Rafael D Lins, John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Enterprise JavaBeans Information

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Programming Enterprise JavaBeans for Oracle WebLogic Server

• "Enterprise JavaBeans, Second Edition", by Richard Monson-Haefel, Mike Loukides (Editor), 2000 at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471417114/o/qid=990129064/sr=2-1/107-7659827-5248549

• "Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans and the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition", by Ed Roman, 1999 at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471332291/qid=990128989/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/107-7659827-5248549

• http://www.theserverside.com/, a free online community dedicated to Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) and J2EE.

• "Seven Rules for Optimizing Entity Beans", by Akara Sucharitakul, Java Developer Connection, 2001 at http://www.theserverside.com

WebLogic Store Information

"Using the WebLogic Persistent Store" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuring Server Environments for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Java Message Service (JMS) Information

• "Messaging"

• JMS Specification at http://java.sun.com/products/jms/docs.html

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Information

• "Performance Tuning Your JDBC Application" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Programming JDBC for Oracle WebLogic Server

General Performance Information

• Jack Shirazi's Java Performance Tuning Web site at http://www.javaperformancetuning.com

• The Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine, Web Application Scalability, "Avoiding Scalability Shock" at https://www.stickyminds.com/getfile.asp?ot=XML&id=5003&fn=Smzr1XDD1814filelistfilename1%2Epdf by Bill Shea, May/June 2000

• "High-Performance Java Platform Computing" by Thomas W. Christopher at http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/performance2/, George K. Thiruvathukal, 2000

• "Performance and Idiom Guide" at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130142603/qid%3D990129234/107-7659827-5248549 by Craig Larman and Rhett Guthrie, 1999