Part I Basic Administration

There are many administrative tasks to consider when moving Coherence applications to a production environment. Tasks such as testing the network environment and tuning production systems are essential for a successful deployment.

Part I contains the following chapters:

• Deploying Coherence Applications
  Coherence can be deployed as a standalone application or as a Java EE application to an application server. Specific instructions are provided for WebLogic Server deployment in addition to instructions for generic application server deployment.
• Performing a Network Performance Test
  Coherence provides a datagram utility and a message bus utility for testing network performance between two or more computers. Any production deployment should be preceded by a successful run of both tests.
• Performing a Multicast Connectivity Test
  Coherence includes a multicast test utility that checks whether a network environment supports multicast communication. Any production deployment should be preceded by a successful run of the multicast test.
• Performance Tuning
  A critical part of successfully deploying Coherence solutions is to tune the application and production environment to achieve maximum performance.
• Production Checklist
  There are many production related issues to consider when moving a Coherence solution from a development or test environment to a production environment.