BEA WebLogic Server Performance and Tuning

 

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1. Tuning Hardware, Operating System, and Network Performance

Hardware Tuning

Operating System Tuning

Network Performance

2. Tuning Java Virtual Machines (JVMs)

JVM Tuning Considerations

Tuning Heap Size

Determining Heap Size

Setting Minimum Heap Size Equal to Maximum Heap Size

Setting High Heap Size for Benchmarking

Using Non-Standard Java Command Line Options

Non-Standard Options for Hotspot VM on NT

Non-Standard Options for HotSpot VM on Solaris

3. Tuning WebLogic Server

Setting Your Java Compiler

Changing Compilers in the WebLogic Server Console

Setting Your Compiler in weblogic.xml

Compiling EJB Container Classes

Precompiling JSPs

WebLogic Server Clusters and Scalability

Setting Thread Pool Size

Modifying the Thread Pool Size

Thread Pool Size Scenarios

Symptoms: Thread Pool Size Too Low

Symptoms: Thread Pool Size Too High

Allocating Threads to Act as Socket Readers

Connection Backlog Buffering

Setting EJB Pool Size

Setting EJB Caching Size

Activation and Passivation of Stateful Session EJBs

Determining Cache Size

Monitoring a WebLogic Server Domain

Using WebLogic Server Performance Packs

Which Platforms Have Performance Packs?

Enabling Performance Packs

4. Tuning WebLogic Server Applications

Using a Profiler to Reveal Hot Spots

JDBC Application Tuning

JDBC Optimization for Type-4 MS SQL Driver

Setting Transaction Isolation Level

Managing Session Persistence

In-Memory Replication

JDBC-based Persistence

Minimizing Sessions

A. Related Reading

BEA Systems, Inc. Information

Sun Microsystems Information

Hewlett-Packard Company Information

Microsoft Information

Network Performance Tools

Performance Analysis Tools

Benchmarking Information

Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Information

Enterprise JavaBeans Information

General Performance Information

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