C H A P T E R  13

Tuning the Application Server

Chapters 2 and 12 discussed the underlying architecture of and how to configure the application server. They provide a basis for this chapter, in which I discuss some of the issues that can affect application server performance, including sizing the domain to have an appropriate number of application server processes, setting operating system kernel parameters, and load balancing.

In general, there is little you can do in the application server to improve the performance of a PeopleSoft system, but there are some things that you should consider in order to prevent the application server from becoming a performance bottleneck. Sometimes, application server problems are a symptom of other underlying issues, including database performance problems.