References and Additional Resources

Batch programs and strategies:

For details on writing batch programs, using threads for performance improvements, and other batch-related information, see the Batch Best Practices whitepaper available on the My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Base (article 836362.1).

Hibernate fetching strategies:

http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/core/reference/en/html_​single/#performance-fetching

Yourkit profiling demo:

http://www.yourkit.com/docs/demo/JavaEE/JavaEE.htm