Capacity Planning

 

Introduction

Capacity Planning Factors

Programmatic and Web-based Clients
RMI and Server Traffic
SSL Connections and Performance
WebLogic Server Process Load
Database Server Capacity and User Storage Requirements
Concurrent Sessions
Network Load
Clustered Configurations
Application Design
Tuning Your WebLogic Server Deployment

 

MedRec Benchmark Overview

Changes to MedRec and Transactions Used for Benchmarking

Overview of the Baseline Applications

Configuration for MedRec Baseline Applications (Light and Heavy)

WebLogic Server Configurations
Measured Configurations
Database Configurations
Client Configurations
Network Configuration
LoadRunner Configurations
About Baseline Numbers

 

Measured TPS for Light MedRec Application on UNIX

Measured TPS for Heavy MedRec Application on UNIX

Measured TPS for Light MedRec Application on Windows 2000

Measured TPS for Heavy MedRec Application on Windows 2000

Next Steps

Assessing Your Application Performance Objectives

Calculating Hardware Requirements

Guidelines for Calculating Hardware Requirements

Best Practices When Calculating Hardware Requirements

Capacity Planning Guide FAQs

Mainframes and Other Types of Hardware
Heterogeneous Client Types
Improving Application Performance
Determining Memory Requirements
Allowing for Think Time

 

Solaris Platform Summary - Linear Scalability

Solaris Platform Summary - Horizontal Scalability

Windows Platform Summary - Horizontal Scalability