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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

Part I Introduction

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• 1.1 Document Scope and Audience
• 1.2 Guide to this Document
• 1.3 Related Documentation

2 Top Performance Areas

• 2.1 Identifying Top Performance Areas
• 2.2 Securing Sufficient Hardware Resources
• 2.3 Tuning the Operating System
• 2.4 Tuning Java Virtual Machines (JVMs)
• 2.5 Tuning the WebLogic Server
• 2.6 Tuning Database Parameters
  • 2.6.1 Tuning Database Parameters
  • 2.6.2 Tuning Redo Logs Location and Sizing
  • 2.6.3 Tuning Automatic Segment-Space Management (ASSM)
• 2.7 Reusing Database Connections
• 2.8 Enabling Data Source Statement Caching
• 2.9 Controlling Concurrency
  • 2.9.1 Setting Server Connection Limits
    • 2.9.1.1 MaxClients/ThreadsPerChild
    • 2.9.1.2 KeepAlive
    • 2.9.1.3 Tuning HTTP Server Modules
  • 2.9.2 Configuring Connection Pools
  • 2.9.3 Tuning the WebLogic Sever Thread Pool
• 2.10 Setting Logging Levels

3 Performance Planning

• 3.1 About Oracle Fusion Middleware Performance Planning
• 3.2 Performance Planning Methodology
  • 3.2.1 Define Your Performance Objectives
    • 3.2.1.1 Define Operational Requirements
    • 3.2.1.2 Identify Performance Goals
    • 3.2.1.3 Understand User Expectations
    • 3.2.1.4 Conduct Performance Evaluations
  • 3.2.2 Design Applications for Performance and Scalability
  • 3.2.3 Monitor and Measure Your Performance Metrics

4 Monitoring Oracle Fusion Middleware

• 4.1 About Oracle Fusion Middleware Management Tools
  • 4.1.1 Measuring Your Performance Metrics
• 4.2 Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
• 4.3 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
• 4.4 WebLogic Diagnostics Framework (WLDF)
• 4.5 WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
• 4.6 DMS Spy Servlet
  • 4.6.1 Viewing Performance Metrics Using the Spy Servlet
  • 4.6.2 Using the DMS Spy Servlet
• 4.7 Native Operating System Performance Commands
• 4.8 Network Performance Monitoring Tools

5 Using the Oracle Dynamic Monitoring Service

• 5.1 About Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS)
  • 5.1.1 Understanding Common DMS Terms and Concepts
    • 5.1.1.1 DMS Sensors
      • 5.1.1.1.1 DMS PhaseEvent Sensors
      • 5.1.1.1.2 DMS Event Sensors
      • 5.1.1.1.3 DMS State Sensors
      • 5.1.1.1.4 Sensor Naming Conventions
    • 5.1.1.2 DMS Nouns
      • 5.1.1.2.1 General DMS Naming
      • 5.1.1.2.2 General DMS Naming Conventions and Character Sets
      • 5.1.1.2.3 Noun and Noun Type Naming Conventions
    • 5.1.1.3 DMS Tracing and Events
• 5.2 Understanding DMS Availability
• 5.3 Understanding DMS Architecture
• 5.4 Viewing DMS Metrics
  • 5.4.1 Viewing Metrics Using the Spy Servlet
  • 5.4.2 Viewing Metrics with WLDF (WebLogic Diagnostic Framework)
  • 5.4.3 Viewing metrics with WLST (Oracle WebLogic Server)
  • 5.4.4 Viewing metrics with JConsole
  • 5.4.5 Viewing metrics with Oracle Enterprise Manager
• 5.5 Accessing DMS Metrics with WLDF
• 5.6 DMS Execution Context
  • 5.6.1 DMS Execution Requests and Sub-Tasks
  • 5.6.2 DMS Execution Context Usage
  • 5.6.3 DMS Execution Context Communication
• 5.7 DMS Tracing and Events
  • 5.7.1 Configuring the DMS Event System
    • 5.7.1.1 Adding and Editing Filters
    • 5.7.1.2 Adding and Editing Destinations
    • 5.7.1.3 Adding and Editing Event Routes
    • 5.7.1.4 Compound Operations
  • 5.7.2 Configuring Destinations
    • 5.7.2.1 LoggerDestination
      • 5.7.2.1.1 Static Loggers and Handlers
      • 5.7.2.1.2 Dynamic Loggers and Handlers
      • 5.7.2.1.3 Default Locations of the logging.xml File
      • 5.7.2.1.4 Using a CLI Command to Query the Trace Log File
    • 5.7.2.2 MBean Creator Destination
      • 5.7.2.2.1 Metric MBean Object Name
    • 5.7.2.3 HTTP Request Tracker Destination
      • 5.7.2.3.1 Executing the HTTP Request Tracker Dump
    • 5.7.2.4 Java Flight Recorder Destination
      • 5.7.2.4.1 Dynamically Derived JFR Event Types – Names, Values and Descriptions
      • 5.7.2.4.2 Examples of Dynamically Derived Producers and Events
  • 5.7.3 Understanding the Format of DMS Events in Log Messages
  • 5.7.4 Understanding DMS Event Actions
• 5.8 DMS Best Practices

Part II Core Components

6 Oracle HTTP Server Performance Tuning

• 6.1 About Oracle HTTP Server
• 6.2 Monitoring Oracle HTTP Server Performance
• 6.3 Basic Tuning Considerations
  • 6.3.1 Tuning Oracle HTTP Server Directives
  • 6.3.2 Reducing Httpd Process Availability with Persistent Connections
  • 6.3.3 Logging Options for Oracle HTTP Server
    • 6.3.3.1 Access Logging
    • 6.3.3.2 Configuring the HostNameLookups Directive
    • 6.3.3.3 Error logging
• 6.4 Advanced Tuning Considerations
  • 6.4.1 Tuning Oracle HTTP Server
    • 6.4.1.1 Analyzing Static Versus Dynamic Requests
    • 6.4.1.2 Managing PL/SQL Requests
    • 6.4.1.3 Limiting the Number of Enabled Modules
    • 6.4.1.4 Tuning the File Descriptor Limit
  • 6.4.2 Tuning Oracle HTTP Server Security
    • 6.4.2.1 Tuning Oracle HTTP Server Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
      • 6.4.2.1.1 Caching SSL on Oracle HTTP Server
      • 6.4.2.1.2 Using SSL Application Level Data Encryption
      • 6.4.2.1.3 Tuning SSL Performance
    • 6.4.2.2 Tuning Oracle HTTP Server Port Tunneling

7 Oracle Metadata Service (MDS) Performance Tuning

• 7.1 About Oracle Metadata Services (MDS)
• 7.2 Monitoring Oracle Metadata Service Performance
• 7.3 Basic Tuning Considerations
  • 7.3.1 Tuning Database Repository
    • 7.3.1.1 Collecting Schema Statistics
    • 7.3.1.2 Increasing Redo Log Size
    • 7.3.1.3 Reclaiming Disk Space
    • 7.3.1.4 Monitoring the Database Performance
  • 7.3.2 Tuning Cache Configuration
    • 7.3.2.1 Enabling Document Cache
  • 7.3.3 Purging Document Version History
    • 7.3.3.1 Auto Purge
    • 7.3.3.2 Manual Purge
  • 7.3.4 Using Database Polling Interval for Change Detection
• 7.4 Advanced Tuning Considerations
  • 7.4.1 Analyzing Performance Impact from Customization

Part III Oracle Fusion Middleware Server Components

8 Oracle Application Development Framework Performance Tuning

• 8.1 About Oracle ADF
• 8.2 Basic Tuning Considerations
  • 8.2.1 Oracle ADF Faces Configuration and Profiling
  • 8.2.2 Performance Considerations for ADF Faces
  • 8.2.3 Tuning ADF Faces Component Attributes
  • 8.2.4 Performance Considerations for Table and Tree Components
  • 8.2.5 Performance Considerations for autoSuggest
  • 8.2.6 Data Delivery - Lazy versus Immediate
  • 8.2.7 Performance Considerations for DVT Components
• 8.3 Advanced Tuning Considerations
  • 8.3.1 ADF Server Performance
    • 8.3.1.1 HTTP Session Timeout Tuning
    • 8.3.1.2 View Objects Tuning
      • 8.3.1.2.1 Creating View Objects
      • 8.3.1.2.2 Configuring View Object Data Fetching
      • 8.3.1.2.3 Additional View Object Configurations
    • 8.3.1.3 Batch Processing
    • 8.3.1.4 RangeSize Tuning
    • 8.3.1.5 Application Module Design Considerations
    • 8.3.1.6 Application Module Pooling
      • 8.3.1.6.1 General AM Pool Configurations
      • 8.3.1.6.2 Configuring AM Pool Sizing
      • 8.3.1.6.3 AM Pool Resource Cleanup Configurations
    • 8.3.1.7 ADFc: Region Usage
    • 8.3.1.8 Defer Task Flow Execution
    • 8.3.1.9 Task Flow in a Popup
    • 8.3.1.10 Configuring the Task Flow Inside Switcher
    • 8.3.1.11 Reusing Static Data
    • 8.3.1.12 Conditional Validations

9 Oracle TopLink (EclipseLink) JPA Performance Tuning

• 9.1 About Oracle TopLink and EclipseLink
• 9.2 Basic Tuning Considerations
  • 9.2.1 Creating Efficient SQL Statements and Queries
    • 9.2.1.1 Tuning Entity Relationships Query Parameters
  • 9.2.2 Tuning Cache Configuration
    • 9.2.2.1 Cache Refreshing Scenarios
    • 9.2.2.2 Tuning the Locking Mode Policies
  • 9.2.3 Tuning the Mapping and Descriptor Configurations
  • 9.2.4 Using Data Partitioning
• 9.3 Advanced Tuning Considerations
  • 9.3.1 Integrating with Oracle Coherence
  • 9.3.2 Analyzing EclipseLink JPA Entity Performance