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Maximizing Performance and Scalability with IBM WebSphere

ISBN: 1590591305
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 111

Authors: Adam G. Neat

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Maximizing Performance and Scalability with IBM WebSphere
• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• What This Book Is Not
• In Closing
• Chapter 1: The Need for Performance
• Quantifying Performance
• Managing Performance
• What Constitutes a Performance Improvement?
• Measuring Business Improvements
• TCO and ROI Equal TCI: Total Cost of Investment
• Managing Performance: A Proven Methodology
• Summary
• Chapter 2: WebSphere Scalability and Availability
• Scalability and Availability: A Primer
• Costs of Availability, Performance, and Scalability
• Summary
• Chapter 3: WebSphere 4 and 5 Component Architectures
• Comparing the Versions
• Summary
• Chapter 4: WebSphere Infrastructure Design
• Examining the x86IA-64x86-64 Platform (Intel and AMD)
• Examining the SPARC RISC Platform (Sun Microsystems)
• Examining the Power4 Platform (IBM)
• Comparing Disk Systems
• Exploring Advanced Features
• Summary
• Chapter 5: WebSphere Deployment and Network Architecture
• Overview of Key Components
• Topological Architecture
• WebSphere Topological Architecture Blueprints
• Summary
• Chapter 6: WebSphere Platform Performance, Tuning, and Optimization
• Performance Testing a Platform
• Optimization and Tuning Checklist
• Summary
• Chapter 7: WebSphere Failover and High Availability Considerations
• WebSphere High Availability and Failover Fundamentals
• Web Server Failover and High Availability
• Web Container Failover and High Availability
• EJB Container Failover and High Availability
• Summary
• Chapter 8: External WebSphere System Availability
• LDAP Server Availability
• NFS Server Availability
• Network Infrastructure Availability
• Database Server Failover
• Summary
• Chapter 9: WebSphere EJB and Web Container Performance
• What Do Containers Do?
• Tuning and Optimization
• Summary
• Chapter 10: Developing High-Performance WebSphere Applications
• The Top 20 List of Performance Development Considerations
• Web Tier Performance
• Business Tier Performance
• Data Tier Performance
• Summary
• Chapter 11: WebSphere Database Performance and Optimization
• Databases Supported
• J2EE Database Integration
• WebSphere Database Tuning
• WebSphere Connection Pool Manager
• Summary
• Chapter 12: Legacy Integration: Performance Optimization
• Design Considerations for Legacy Integration
• Summary
• Chapter 13: Performance Management Tooling
• Monitoring System Utilization
• Monitoring Disk IO
• Monitoring Network Performance
• Monitoring WebSphere Application Performance
• Summary
• Chapter 14: Profiling and Benchmarking WebSphere
• Why Profile and Benchmark?
• A Practical Approach to Profiling
• Tools Available
• Summary
• Index
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Y
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Listings
• List of Sidebars