494 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile
14.1 Performance tuning overview
Application architecture, system infrastructure, and the amount of load on the system are
three essential factors that determine the optimum values for the parameters that we
introduce in this chapter. There is no single value for any parameter that will work optimally on
all systems. You need to go through capacity planning, stress test, collect information, and
analyze results to reach a set of optimum values for your system.
To tune for performance, you need to have a performance test system that is identical to your
production system. For the results of the test to be meaningful for the production, the
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