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SunGlassFishEnterpriseServer
2.1PerformanceTuningGuide
SunMicrosystems,Inc.
4150NetworkCircle
SantaClara,CA95054
U.S.A.
PartNo:820–4343–10
January2009
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Copyright2009SunMicrosystems,Inc. 4150NetworkCircle,SantaClara,CA95054U.S.A. Allrightsreserved. SunMicrosystems,Inc.hasintellectualpropertyrightsrelatingtotechnologyembodiedintheproductthatisdescribedinthisdocument.Inparticular,andwithout limitation,theseintellectualpropertyrightsmayincludeoneormoreU.S.patentsorpendingpatentapplicationsintheU.S.andinothercountries. U.S.GovernmentRights–Commercialsoftware.GovernmentusersaresubjecttotheSunMicrosystems,Inc.standardlicenseagreementandapplicableprovi
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Contents Preface...................................................................................................................................................13 1 OverviewofEnterpriseServerPerformanceTuning.....................................................................17 ProcessOverview ................................................................................................................................17 ▼PerformanceTuningSequence ...........................................
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Contents TuningTipsforSpecificTypesofEJBComponents ...............................................................42 JDBCandDatabaseAccess .........................................................................................................46 TuningMessage-DrivenBeans ..................................................................................................47 3 TuningtheEnterpriseServer...................................................................................................
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Contents ImprovingORBPerformancewithJavaSerialization .............................................................75 ThreadPoolSettings ...........................................................................................................................76 TuningThreadPools(Unix/Linuxonly) .................................................................................76 Resources..............................................................................................................
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Contents DiskI/OSettings ........................................................................................................................102 TCP/IPSettings ..........................................................................................................................102 TuningUltraSPARCT1–BasedSystems ........................................................................................103 TuningOperatingSystemandTCPSettings ..................................................
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Figures FIGURE1–1 JavaEEApplicationModel.......................................................................................20 7
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Tables TABLE1–1 PerformanceTuningRoadmap ...............................................................................17 TABLE1–2 FactorsThatAffectPerformance.............................................................................24 TABLE3–1 BeanTypePoolingorCaching ................................................................................53 TABLE3–2 EJBCacheandPoolSettings ....................................................................................56 TABLE3–3 TunableORBSett
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Examples EXAMPLE4–1 HeapConfigurationonSolaris ................................................................................89 EXAMPLE4–2 HeapConfigurationonWindows ...........................................................................90 11
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Preface ThePerformanceTuningGuidedescribeshowtogetthebestperformancewithEnterprise Server. TM ThisprefacecontainsinformationaboutandconventionsfortheentireSunGlassFish EnterpriseServerdocumentationset. SunGlassFishEnterpriseServerDocumentationSet TABLEP–1 BooksintheEnterpriseServerDocumentationSet BookTitle Description DocumentationCenter EnterpriseServerdocumentationtopicsorganizedbytaskandsubject. ReleaseNotes Late-breakinginformationaboutthesoftwareandthedocumentation.Includesa TM comprehensi
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Preface TABLEP–1 BooksintheEnterpriseServerDocumentationSet (Continued) BookTitle Description HighAvailabilityAdministration Settingupclusters,workingwithnodeagents,andusingloadbalancers. Guide AdministrationReference EditingtheEnterpriseServerconfigurationfile,domain.xml. PerformanceTuningGuide TuningtheEnterpriseServertoimproveperformance. ReferenceManual UtilitycommandsavailablewiththeEnterpriseServer;writteninmanpagestyle.Includes theasadmincommandlineinterface. DefaultPathsandFileNames Thef
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Preface TypographicConventions Thefollowingtabledescribesthetypographicchangesthatareusedinthisbook. TABLEP–3 TypographicConventions Typeface Meaning Example AaBbCc123 Thenamesofcommands,files,and Edityour.loginfile. directories,andonscreencomputer Usels-atolistallfiles. output machine_name% you have mail. AaBbCc123 Whatyoutype,contrastedwithonscreen machine_name%su computeroutput Password: AaBbCc123 Aplaceholdertobereplacedwithareal Thecommandtoremoveafileisrmfilename. nameorvalue AaBbCc123 Boo
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Preface TABLEP–4 SymbolConventions (Continued) Symbol Description Example Meaning → Indicatesmenuitem File→New→Templates FromtheFilemenu,chooseNew. selectioninagraphicaluser FromtheNewsubmenu,choose interface. Templates. Documentation,Support,andTraining TheSunwebsiteprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingadditionalresources: ■ Documentation(http://www.sun.com/documentation/) ■ Support(http://www.sun.com/support/) ■ Training(http://www.sun.com/training/) Third-PartyWebSiteReferences Third-partyURLs
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CHAPTER 1 1 OverviewofEnterpriseServerPerformance Tuning YoucansignificantlyimproveperformanceoftheSunGlassFishEnterpriseServerandof applicationsdeployedtoitbyadjustingafewdeploymentandserverconfigurationsettings. However,itisimportanttounderstandtheenvironmentandperformancegoals.Anoptimal configurationforaproductionenvironmentmightnotbeoptimalforadevelopment environment. Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics: ■ “ProcessOverview”onpage17 ■ “UnderstandingOperationalRequirements”onpage19 ■ “Gener
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ProcessOverview TABLE1–1 PerformanceTuningRoadmap (Continued) Step DescriptionofTask LocationofInstructions 3 Installation:IfyouareusingHADBforsession InstallationGuide persistence,ensurethattheHADBsoftwareis installed. 4 Deployment:Installandrunyourapplications. ApplicationDeploymentGuide Familiarizeyourselfwithhowtoconfigureand AdministrationGuide administertheEnterpriseServer. 5 Tuning:Tunethefollowingitems: Thefollowingchapters: ■ ■ Applications Chapter2,“TuningYourApplication” ■ ■ Enterpris
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UnderstandingOperationalRequirements UnderstandingOperationalRequirements BeforeyoubegintodeployandtuneyourapplicationontheApplicationServer,itisimportant toclearlydefinetheoperationalenvironment.Theoperationalenvironmentisdeterminedby high-levelconstraintsandrequirementssuchas: ■ “ApplicationArchitecture”onpage19 ■ “SecurityRequirements”onpage21 ■ “HardwareResources”onpage22 ApplicationArchitecture TheJavaEEApplicationmodel,asshowninthefollowingfigure,isveryflexible;allowingthe applicationarchi
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UnderstandingOperationalRequirements Client-Side Server-Side Server-Side Enterprise Presentation Presentation Business Logic Information System Web EJB Browser Server Container Pure JSP EJB HTML Java JSP EJB Applet Desktop Java Java EJB Application Servlet Other Device J2EE J2EE J2EE Client Platform Platform FIGURE1–1 JavaEEApplicationModel ModeratelycomplexenterpriseapplicationscanbedevelopedentirelyusingservletsandJSP technology.MorecomplexbusinessapplicationsoftenuseEnterpriseJavaBeans(EJB) c
