Java Performance Tuning

Suggested Prerequisite

• Java SE 7 Fundamentals
• Java SE 7 Develop Rich Client Applications
• Java SE 7 Programming
• Developing Applications for the Java EE 7 Platform

Required Prerequisite

• Java SE7 Fundamentals
• Java SE 7 Programming
• Java SE 7: Develop Rich Client Applications
• Developing Applications for the Java EE 6 Platform

Audience

• Java EE Developers
• System Administrator
• Java Developers
• Support Engineer
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics

1. Course Overview

• Introduce course

2. Java Virtual Machine and Performance Overview

• Performance Methodology
• What is Performance?
• JVM Overview

3. The JVM and Java Garbage Collection

• The GC Aging Process
• G1 GC
• HotSpot GC Basics

4. Java Garbage Collectors

• JVM Ergonomics
• Garbage Collecting Algorithms
• Types of GC Collectors

5. Command Line JVM Monitoring

• JIT Monitoring Options
• GC Monitoring Options

6. Mission Control and JVM Monitoring Tools

• Monitoring with VisualVM
• Monitoring with Mission Control

7. Java Flight Recorder

• Creating Flight Recordings
• Analyze a Flight Recording

8. Monitoring Operating System Performance

• Monitoring Network I/O
• Monitoring Disk I/O
• Monitoring CPU Usage
• Monitoring Memory Usage
• Monitoring Processes

9. Performance Profiling Tools

• CPU Profiling
• Heap Profiling
• Overview of Profiling Tools

10. Troubleshooting Performance Issues by Profiling

• Detecting Memory leaks
• Memory Leak Profiling
• Dectecting Contention and Locking Issues

11. Garbage Collection Tuning

• Tuning with G1 GC
• Tuning with Concurrent GC
• Tuning with Serial GC
• Tuning with Parallel GC

12. Language Level Concerns and Garbage Collection

• Explicit Garbage Collection
• Finalizers
• Object References
• Object Allocation
• Working with Large Objects
• Memory Leak Detection Tools