How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Overview of Application Server Performance Tuning explains general concepts and processes for tuning Application Server.

Chapter 2, Tuning Your Application describes programming practices and application configuration settings to achieve maximum performance.

Chapter 3, Tuning the Application Server covers how to configure the application server for best performance and reliability.

Chapter 4, Tuning the Java Runtime System covers how to configure the Java Virtual Machine to work optimally with the Application Server.

Chapter 5, Tuning the Operating System covers how to configure the operating system to work optimally with the Application Server.

Chapter 6, Tuning for High-Availability covers how to tune the high-availability database (HADB) used for storing persistent session state for use with the Application Server. It also discusses how you can configure the high availability features of Application Server for your application.