Some people consider tuning the performance of Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) in an E-Business Suite environment to be more of an art than science. These comments usually result because of the large number of factors that may be considered, factors that are sometimes difficult to quantify.
Adding to the existing material available to help you perfect your art, our E-Business Suite Performance Group released a short whitepaper late with some tips:
- Guidelines to setup the JVM in Apps 11i (Metalink Note 362851.1)
- The number of recommended users per JVM
- The number of recommended JVMs per CPU
- Heap configuration tips for OACoreGroup, with guidelines for Forms Servlet mode and Configurator use
- Recommended techstack patches
- Master Class in Apps 11i Performance Tuning
- Using JConsole to monitor Apps 11i JVMs
- Configuring Middle-Tier JVMs for Applications 11i
- Investigating java.lang.OutOfMemoryError with Apps 11i Middle Tier JVMs