JBoss AS 5 Performance Tuning

Build faster, more efficient enterprise Java applications

Key Features
Follow the practical examples to make your applications as efficient as possibleWritten to version 5.1 and includes advice on upgrading to version 6.0Accurately configure the persistence layer and clustering serviceLearn how to tune all components and hardware
Book Description
Today's organizations need to deliver faster services to a large set of people and businesses. In order to survive this challenge, enterprises need to optimize the performance of their application server along with its components and hardware. Writing faster applications is no longer just an option for your products; it's an imperative requirement, which you cannot ignore.

JBoss AS 5 Performance Tuning will teach you how to deliver fast applications on the JBoss Application Server and Apache Tomcat, giving you a decisive competitive advantage over your competitors. You will learn how to optimize the hardware resources, meeting your application requirements with less expenditure.The performance of Java Enterprise applications is the sum of a set of components including the Java Virtual Machine configuration, the application server configuration (in our case, JBoss AS), the application code itself and ultimately the operating system. This book will show you how to apply the correct tuning methodology and use the tuning tools that will help you to monitor and address any performance issues.

By looking more closely at the Java Virtual Machine, you will get a deeper understanding of what the available options are for your applications and how their performance will be affected. You will learn about thread pool tuning, EJB tuning, JMS tuning, Enterprise Java Beans, and the Java Messaging Service.

The persistence layer and JBoss Clustering service each have a chapter dedicated to them as they are two of the most crucial elements to configure correctly in order to run a fast application.

You will also learn how to tune your web server, enabling you to configure and develop web applications that get the most out of the embedded Tomcat web server.
What you will learn
Understand the correct tuning methodology and how it fits into the overall software development cycleInstall and configure the instruments for tuning, including VisualVM, JMeter, Eclipse TPTP Platform, and basic O/S toolsImprove the performance of your application by properly configuring the JVM heap and the garbage collector knobsEfficiently configure the JBoss System Thread Pool, the Connection Pool, and the Logging ServiceTune the middleware services including EJB tuning and JMS tuningLearn the principles of good database design and core concepts about Java Persistence API with special focus on JBoss s implementation (Hibernate)Set up the JBoss Clustering service both as a standalone solution and integrated with Apache Web serverConfigure the JBoss Web server (Tomcat) for optimal performance including the mod_jk, mod_proxy and mod_cluster modules.Develop faster web applications by tuning the JSF and RichFaces component libraries.
Who this book is for
This book is for Java architects who design and configure Enterprise applications. It is great for Java developers who want to get into the inner details of the application server and of the correct tuning methodology. Application testers will also find this book useful as they will learn how to monitor the performance of the middleware with the correct instruments.