Maximizing Performance and Scalability with IBM WebSphere

Chapter 1: The Need for Performance

Table 1-1: TCO Matrix, Hard Metric: Implementation Option 1

Table 1-2: Example TCO Matrix, Hard Metric: Implementation Option 2

Chapter 2: WebSphere Scalability and Availability

Table 2-1: Business Availability with Percentage Availability

Table 2-2: Availability Measurements

Table 2-3: Estimated Causes of Downtime

Table 2-4: Causes of WebSphere Downtime

Table 2-5: Costs of Downtime

Table 2-6: Example Downtime Cost Impact Factors

Chapter 3: WebSphere 4 and 5 Component Architectures

Table 3-1: WebSphere Platform Comparison

Chapter 4: WebSphere Infrastructure Design

Table 4-1: CPU Comparison Chart: x86/x86-64/IA-64 Platform

Table 4-2: Example Application Implementation CPU Choice

Table 4-3: CPU and Server Comparison Matrix

Table 4-4: Common SCSI Implementations

Chapter 5: WebSphere Deployment and Network Architecture

Table 5-1: Overview of Example Components

Chapter 6: WebSphere Platform Performance, Tuning, and Optimization

Table 6-1: Monitoring and Probe Impact Matrix

Table 6-2: Recommended Testing Applications for WebSphere

Table 6-3: Recommended Monitors and Probes for WebSphere

Table 6-4: Available Stress and Volume Tools for WebSphere Applications

Table 6-5: Queue Modeling: Items to Monitor

Chapter 7: WebSphere Failover and High Availability Considerations

Table 7-1: Web Container Primary Causes for Failure

Table 7-2: Summary of Clusterable EJBs in WebSphere 4 and 5

Chapter 9: WebSphere EJB and Web Container Performance

Table 9-1: EJB Container Service Options

Chapter 10: Developing High-Performance WebSphere Applications

Table 10-1: Top 20 WebSphere Application Performance Considerations

Chapter 11: WebSphere Database Performance and Optimization

Table 11-1: WebSphere 4-Supported Relational Databases

Table 11-2: WebSphere 5-Supported Relational Databases

Table 11-3: Options for Configuring Entity EJB Cache Settings

Table 11-4: Workload Summary Matrix

Table 11-5: Oracle System Configuration and Tuning Parameters

Table 11-6: DB2 Optimization Parameter Recommendations

Table 11-7: Database Platform Monitoring Tools

Table 11-8: JDBC Connection Pool Manager

Chapter 13: Performance Management Tooling

Table 13-1: Telltale Signs of High Disk Utilization

Table 13-2: Example Network Utilization Calculation

Table 13-3: Example Network Utilization Calculation

Table 13-4: Common Symptoms for Poor WebSphere Server Performance

Table 13-5: High CPU Utilization: Cause and Effect

Table 13-6: Poor Database Transactional Performance: Cause and Effect

Table 13-7: Poor Network Performance: Cause and Effect

Chapter 14: Profiling and Benchmarking WebSphere

Table 14-1: Performance Management: Activity Phase

Table 14-2: JProbe Specifications

Table 14-3: HPjmeter Specifications

Table 14-4: Resource Analyzer and Tivoli Performance Tools

Table 14-5: WSAD: Profiler View