Chapter 25. Optimizing WebLogic Server Applications

By Jeff Marin, Tom Schwenk, and Mark Artiges

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Defining Different Types of Performance Tests

• Preparing for Performance and Load Testing

• How to Performance Test

• Areas to Tune

• WebLogic Server Tuning

• Database and SQL Tuning

• A Performance Testing and Tuning Example

• Best Practices

Applications that have been unit tested have shown that they can perform their expected functionality in a controlled environment. In many cases, this simulates a single user running the application where all dependent resources, such as database connections and memory, are readily available. Although this is an important step in the development of WebLogic applications, unit testing, by itself, is not sufficient to confidently deploy an application in a live setting. To increase your chances for successful deployment, you must attempt to simulate the actual environment of your running application. This includes accurately modeling users in terms of behavior and numbers.