Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Load Testing and
Performance Tuning
In
Chapter 5
,
Development Best Practices
, we learned about performance-related
development best practices. Throughout the topic, we learned many best practices
to improve the performance of Liferay-Portal-based solutions. Even after applying
those best practices, it is very important to verify whether the system meets
performance expectations under the anticipated peak load. This can be done by
performing load testing. We also talked about many dynamic configurations as well,
which can be further tuned during load testing to meet performance expectations. In
this chapter, we will learn load testing and performance tuning best practices for a
Liferay-Portal-based solution.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
• Getting ready for load testing
° Capturing load testing requirements
° Selecting a load testing tool
° Writing load testing scripts
° Setting up the load testing environment
° Conducting load tests
• Resource monitoring and performance tuning
° Liferay Portal server - monitoring and tuning
° Apache web server - monitoring and tuning
° Monitoring the database server
° Monitoring logfiles
