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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in This Guide

• New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1)
• Other Significant Changes in This Document for 12c (12.2.1)

Part I Basic Administration

1 Deploying Coherence Applications

• Deploying Standalone Coherence Applications
  • Deploying a Data Tier
  • Deploying an Application Tier
  • Deploying a Proxy Tier for Extend Clients
  • Deploying Extend Clients
• Deploying Coherence Applications to WebLogic Server
  • Overview of the WebLogic Server Coherence Integration
  • Packaging Coherence Applications for WebLogic Server
    • Building a Coherence GAR Module
    • Packaging a GAR Module in an EAR Module
  • Setting Up a WebLogic Server Domain Topology for Coherence
    • Create a Coherence Cluster
    • Create Coherence Deployment Tiers
    • Create Managed Coherence Servers For a Coherence Deployment Tier
  • Deploying Coherence Applications To a WebLogic Server Domain
    • Deploy the Data Tier GAR
    • Deploy the Application Tier EAR
    • Deploy the Proxy Tier GAR
  • Performing Basic Coherence Administration Tasks
• Deploying Coherence Applications to an Application Server (Generic)
  • Deploying Coherence as an Application Server Library
  • Deploying Coherence in a Java EE Module
    • Deploying Coherence Within an EAR
    • Deploying Coherence Within a WAR
• Running Multiple Applications in a Single Cluster
  • Specifying a Scope Name
  • Scoping Applications in WebLogic Server
  • Scoping Applications in a Java EE Environment (Generic)
    • Isolating Applications in a JavaEE Environment
    • Sharing Application Data in a JavaEE Environment
  • Scoping Applications in a Standalone Environment
  • Providing a Custom Scope Resolver

2 Performing a Network Performance Test

• Running the Datagram Test Utility
  • How to Test Datagram Network Performance
    • Performing a Point-to-Point Datagram Test
      • Performing a Bidirectional Datagram Test
    • Performing a Distributed Datagram Test
  • Understanding Datagram Report Statistics
• Running the Message Bus Test Utility
  • How to Test Message Bus Performance
    • Performing a Point-to-Point Message Bus Test
      • Performing a Bidirectional Message Bus Test
    • Performing a Distributed Message Bus Test
  • Understanding Message Bus Report Statistics

3 Performing a Multicast Connectivity Test

• Running the Multicast Test Utility
• How to Test Multicast
• Troubleshooting Multicast Communications

4 Performance Tuning

• Operating System Tuning
  • Socket Buffer Sizes
  • High Resolution timesource (Linux)
  • Datagram size (Microsoft Windows)
  • Thread Scheduling (Microsoft Windows)
  • Swapping
  • Load Balancing Network Interrupts (Linux)
• Network Tuning
  • Network Interface Settings
  • Network Infrastructure Settings
  • Switch and Subnet Considerations
  • Ethernet Flow-Control
  • Path MTU
  • 10GbE Considerations
  • TCP Considerations
• JVM Tuning
  • Basic Sizing Recommendation
  • Heap Size Considerations
    • General Guidelines
    • Moving the Cache Out of the Application Heap
  • Garbage Collection Monitoring
• Coherence Communication Tuning
  • Validation
• Data Access Patterns
  • Data Access Distribution (hot spots)
  • Cluster-node Affinity
  • Read/Write Ratio and Data Sizes
  • Interleaving Cache Reads and Writes

5 Production Checklist

• Network Performance Test and Multicast Recommendations
• Network Recommendations
• Cache Size Calculation Recommendations
• Hardware Recommendations
• Operating System Recommendations
• JVM Recommendations
• Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Recommendations
• Security Recommendations
• Application Instrumentation Recommendations
• Coherence Modes and Editions
• Coherence Operational Configuration Recommendations
• Coherence Cache Configuration Recommendations
• Large Cluster Configuration Recommendations
• Death Detection Recommendations

Part II Advanced Administration

6 Persisting Caches

• Overview of Persistence
• Persistence Dependencies
• Persisting Caches on Demand
• Actively Persisting Caches
• Using Snapshots to Persist a Cache Service
  • Create a Snapshot
  • Recover a Snapshot
  • Remove a Snapshot
• Archiving Snapshots
  • Defining a Snapshot Archive Directory
  • Specifying a Directory Snapshot Archiver
  • Performing Snapshot Archiving Operations
    • Archiving a Snapshot
    • Retrieving Archived Snapshots
    • Removing Archived Snapshots
    • Listing Archived Snapshots
    • Listing Archived Snapshot Stores
  • Creating a Custom Snapshot Archiver
    • Create a Custom Snapshot Archiver Implementation
    • Create a Custom Snapshot Archiver Definition
    • Specifying a Custom Snapshot Archiver
• Enabling Active Persistence Mode
  • Changing the Partition Count When Using Active Persistence
• Modifying the Pre-Defined Persistence Environments
  • Changing the Pre-Defined Persistence Directory
• Creating Persistence Environments
  • Define a Persistence Environment
  • Configure a Persistence Mode
  • Configure Persistence Directories
  • Configure a Cache Service to Use a Persistence Environment
• Changing the Active Persistence Failure Response
• Configuring the Quorum for Persistence Recovery
• Subscribing to Persistence JMX Notifications
• Managing Persistence
  • Plan for Persistence Storage
  • Monitor Persistence Storage Usage
  • Monitoring Persistence Latencies
• Configuring Caches as Transient

7 Federating Caches Across Clusters

• Overview of Federated Caching
• General Steps for Setting Up Federated Caching
• Defining Federation Participants
• Changing the Default Settings of Federation Participants
• Understanding Federation Topologies
• Defining Federation Topologies
  • Defining Active-Passive Topologies
  • Defining Active-Active Topologies
  • Defining Hub and Spoke Topologies
  • Defining Central Federation Topologies
  • Defining Custom Topologies
• Defining Federated Cache Schemes
• Associating a Federated Cache with a Federation Topology
• Overriding the Destination Cache
• Limiting Federation Service Resource Usage
• Resolving Federation Conflicts
  • Processing Federated Connection Events
  • Processing Federated Change Events
• Using a Specific Network Interface for Federation Communication
• Load Balancing Federated Connections
  • Using Federation-Based Load Balancing
  • Implementing a Custom Federation-Based Load Balancing Strategy
  • Using Client-Based Load Balancing
• Managing Federated Caching
  • Monitor Cluster Participant Status
  • Monitor Federation Performance and Throughput

A Platform-Specific Deployment Considerations

• Deploying to Oracle HotSpot JVMs
  • Heap Sizes
  • AtomicLong
  • OutOfMemoryError
• Deploying to IBM JVMs
  • OutOfMemoryError
  • Heap Sizing
• Deploying to Linux
  • TSC High Resolution Timesource
• Deploying to Solaris
  • Solaris 10 (x86 and SPARC)
  • Solaris 10 Networking
  • Solaris Network Interface Cards
  • Solaris Link Aggregation
• Deploying to Windows
  • Performance Tuning
  • Personal Firewalls
  • Disconnected Network Interface
• Deploying to OS X
  • Multicast and IPv6
  • Socket Buffer Sizing
• Deploying to z/OS
  • EBCDIC
  • Multicast
• Deploying to AIX
  • Multicast and IPv6
• Deploying to Virtual Machines
  • Multicast Connectivity
  • Performance
  • Fault Tolerance
• Deploying to Cisco Switches
  • Buffer Space and Packet Pauses
  • Multicast Connectivity on Large Networks
  • Multicast Outages
  • Multicast Time-to-Live
• Deploying to Foundry Switches
  • Multicast Connectivity
• Deploying to IBM BladeCenters
  • MAC Address Uniformity and Load Balancing

B Log Message Glossary

• TCMP Log Messages
• Configuration Log Messages
• Partitioned Cache Service Log Messages