Contents


Preface

Using the Documentation
About This Guide
What You Should Know
How This Guide is Organized
Documentation Conventions

Chapter 1 About iPlanet Application Server

iPlanet Application Server Components

Web Connector Plugin
Application Server Processes
Directory Server Components
Databases

iPlanet Application Server Process Architecture
Communication Within iPlanet Application Server
iPlanet Application Server Tools

iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool
iPlanet Application Server Deployment Tool

Chapter 2 Understanding Tuning and Sizing

Why Tune iPlanet Application Server?
What Is Application Sizing?

Factors That Affect Sizing

Understanding Operational Requirements

Security
Availability
Performance

Predicting Performance
General Performance Guidelines
Performance Tuning Sequence

Chapter 3 Tuning Your Application

Java Coding Guidelines
J2EE Programming Guidelines

Chapter 4 Tuning iPlanet Application Server

Optimizing Performance of Server Processes

Tuning iPlanet Application Server Processes

Optimizing KXS Performance
Optimizing KJS Performance
Adjusting the Number of Request Threads
Specifying Maximum Server and Engine Shutdown Time

Performance Tuning RMI/IIOP

Recognizing Performance Issues
Basic Tuning Approaches
Enhancing Scalability
Firewall Configuration for RMI/IIOP

Comparing Distributed and Lite HTTP Sessions
Configuring a Single Backup for Highly Available Sessions
Configuring Dsync Session Management Threads
Load Balancing Options

Load-Balancing Cluster Configuration
Broadcasting and Updating Information
Monitoring Load-Balancing Information
Recommended Load-Balancing Configuration for Clusters
Optimizing Session Size for Clusters
Load Balancing Individual JSPs
Using Sticky Session Load Balancing

Simplify Session Data

Configuring Database Connection Pool

Guidelines for Configuring Connection Pool
Using Statistics to Configure the Connection Pool

Configuring EJB Parameters For Runtime
Caching JSPs and Servlets

Chapter 5 Tuning the Java Runtime System

Using Bound Threads
Managing Memory and Allocation

Tuning the Garbage Collector
Specifying Garbage Collector Setting

Explicit Garbage Collector
Deferred Garbage Collection

Tracing Garbage Collection
Tuning the Java Heap

Guidelines for Java Heap Sizing
HotSpot Server VM Tuning Options
Sample heap configuration on Solaris
Sample Heap configuration on Windows

Tuning the Dynamic Compiler

Chapter 6 Tuning the Operating System

Setting Time Wait Interval
Setting TCP Connection Hash Table Size
Binding Processes

Chapter 7 Tuning Database Servers

Tuning Oracle Servers

Tuning Solaris Kernel Parameters

Chapter 8 General Guidelines for Better Performance

Guidelines For Better EJB Performance

Chapter 9 Validating Server Performance

Monitoring iPlanet Application Server

On Solaris
Adding Plots Using iASAT

Using Performance Tuning Tools

Tuning Performance Using OptimizeIt
Tuning Performance Using JProbe
Tuning Performance Using IntroScope

Setting Up SNMP Monitoring
Obtaining Performance Data

Chapter 10 Frequently Asked Questions

Environment Setup
System Tuning
Application Tuning

Index