192 DB2 UDB V8 and WebSphere V5 Performance Tuning and Operations Guide
Dynamic Cache Monitor
J2EE applications have high read/write ratios and can tolerate small degrees of
latency in the currency of their data. Therefore the dynamic cache creates an
opportunity for significant gains in server response time, throughput, and
scalability. You can use the dynamic cache to improve the performance of servlet
and JSP files by serving requests from an in-memory cache. Cache entries
contain servlet output, results of servlet execution, and metadata.
WebSphere Application Server consolidates several caching activities, including
servlets, Web services, and WebSphere commands into one service called the
dynamic cache. These caching activities work tog ...