Maximizing Performance and Scalability with IBM WebSphere 

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• 1. Table of Contents

• 2. BackCover

• 3. Maximizing Performance and Scalability with IBM WebSphere

• 4. Introduction

  Who Should Read This Book

• 5. How to Use This Book

  How to Use This Book

• 6. What This Book Is Not

  What This Book Is Not

• 7. In Closing

  In Closing

• 8. Chapter 1: The Need for Performance

  Overview

• 9. Quantifying Performance

  Quantifying Performance

• 10. Managing Performance

  Managing Performance

• 11. What Constitutes a Performance Improvement?

  What Constitutes a Performance Improvement? Decrease in Perceived User or Customer Response Time Ability for the System to Handle More Users Decrease in Operational Costs Ability to Scale Down Infrastructure with an Optimized WebSphere Environment The Business Bottom Line

• 12. Measuring Business Improvements

  Measuring Business Improvements Scenario 1: A Pilot Application Scenario 2: A Request for Additional User Capacity

• 13. TCO and ROI Equal TCI: Total Cost of Investment

  total cost of ownership elements and implementation

• 14. Managing Performance: A Proven Methodology

  Managing Performance: A Proven Methodology Performance Management 101 The Mirrored Waterfall Performance Methodology Other Considerations Measurement Without Impact

• 15. Summary

  Summary

• 16. Chapter 2: WebSphere Scalability and Availability

  Overview

• 17. Scalability and Availability: A Primer

  Scalability and Availability: A Primer Scalability: What Is It? Availability: What Is It? Understanding the Business Availability Index Understanding the Availability Matrix Understanding WebSphere Availability

• 18. Costs of Availability, Performance, and Scalability

  Costs of Availability Performance and Scalability Calculating the Cost of Downtime Understanding Your Availability Needs Understanding Your Scalability Needs

• 19. Summary

  Summary

• 20. Chapter 3: WebSphere 4 and 5 Component Architectures

  Component Architecture Overview WebSphere Common Components between Versions 4 and 5 WebSphere 4-Specific Component Architecture WebSphere 5-Specific Component Architecture

• 21. Comparing the Versions

  Comparing the Versions

• 22. Summary

  Summary

• 23. Chapter 4: WebSphere Infrastructure Design

  Overview

• 24. Examining the x86IA-64x86-64 Platform (Intel and AMD)

  Examining the x86IA-64x86-64 Platform (Intel and AMD) Platform Overview Platform Architecture Comparison Chart: x86IA-64x86-64 Processors 32-Bit or 64-Bit Computing? So Which CPU?

• 25. Examining the SPARC RISC Platform (Sun Microsystems)

  Examining the SPARC RISC Platform (Sun Microsystems) Platform Overview Platform Architecture Comparison Chart: Sun SPARC v9 Processors Selecting Your Sun SPARC-Based Server Platform So Which CPU? Platform Summary

• 26. Examining the Power4 Platform (IBM)

  Examining the Power4 Platform (IBM) Platform Overview Platform Architecture Comparison Chart: IBM PowerPC Processors Selecting Your PowerPC Platform So Which CPU? Platform Summary

• 27. Comparing Disk Systems

  Comparing Disk Systems Disk Technologies Summarizing Storage Technologies in WebSphere Environments Network Controllers and Interfaces

• 28. Exploring Advanced Features

  Exploring Advanced Features Sun SPARC Platform Features IBM PowerPC Platform Features (pSeries)

• 29. Summary

  Summary

• 30. Chapter 5: WebSphere Deployment and Network Architecture

  Highlights

• 31. Overview of Key Components

  websphere high availability architecture for customer facing web applications

• 32. Topological Architecture

  Topological Architecture WebSphere Building Block Rules Considerations for Scalability and Performance

• 33. WebSphere Topological Architecture Blueprints

  WebSphere Topological Architecture Blueprints Common Elements to Consider in Your Topological Architecture Single-Channel Topologies Multichannel Topologies High-Availability Database Server Topologies Geographically Distributed Topologies Additional Application Server Topology Considerations

• 34. Summary

  Summary

• 35. Chapter 6: WebSphere Platform Performance, Tuning, and Optimization

  The Need for Speed The Methodology for Optimization Know What You re Changing

• 36. Performance Testing a Platform

  Performance Testing a Platform The Approach: Setting Your Expectations The Outcome: Measuring Your Expectations Tools for Testing Measuring the Effects of Tuning

• 37. Optimization and Tuning Checklist

  Websphere Application Sserver 7.0 maximum memory support how much space websphere needs at file system drop connection after 1 minute websphere

• 38. Summary

  Summary

• 39. Chapter 7: WebSphere Failover and High Availability Considerations

  Overview

• 40. WebSphere High Availability and Failover Fundamentals

  WebSphere High Availability and Failover Fundamentals WebSphere High Availability

• 41. Web Server Failover and High Availability

  Web Server Failover and High Availability Web Server Overview Web Server Implementation

• 42. Web Container Failover and High Availability

  Web Container Failover and High Availability Web Container Overview HTTP Web Server Plug-in Web Container Failover

• 43. EJB Container Failover and High Availability

  EJB failover with websphere home-is-clusterable websphere EJB workload management client program

• 44. Summary

  Summary

• 45. Chapter 8: External WebSphere System Availability

  WebSphere s Reliance on Available External Systems

• 46. LDAP Server Availability

  websphere ldap destinations for read vs write

• 47. NFS Server Availability

  NFS Server Availability NFS Options Implementation and Performance

• 48. Network Infrastructure Availability

  Network Infrastructure Availability Overview Firewalls Load Balancers

• 49. Database Server Failover

  Database Server Failover WebSphere 4 Administrative Repository Considerations User Application Data Sources and Databases Session Database Considerations When Using Oracle 8i OPS 9i OPS and 9i RAC Using Other Active-Standby or IP Takeover Clustering Systems

• 50. Summary

  Summary

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