2009-02-19 Performance Tuning JPA

Location
Versatile, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Agenda

6:00 pm	Food & drink, Compliments of Harrisburg University
6:30 pm	Main Session - Keeping a Relational Perspective for Optimizing JPA Speaker: Reza Rahman Reza Rahman is an independent consultant specializing in Java EE with clients across the greater Philadelphia and New York metropolitan areas. He is the co-author of "EJB 3 in Action" from Manning Publishing. Reza is a member of the Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1 expert groups. He is a frequent speaker at seminars, conferences and Java user groups as well as an avid contributor to TheServerSide. He is currently working on implementing EJB 3.1 Lite for the Spring framework and application platform. Reza has been working with Java EE since its inception in the mid-nineties. He has developed enterprise systems in the financial, healthcare, telecommunications and publishing industries. Reza has been fortunate to have worked with EJB 2, Spring, EJB 3 and Seam. Abstract: JPA maximizes developer productivity and code agility by eliminating mechanical persistence code. However because JPA hides low-level code it can relax developers from thinking critically about the underlying database. In reality, failing to keep a close eye on relational database concerns can lead to serious performance problems. This session outlines an approach to developing high-performance applications by tuning relational databases for JPA as well as adjusting JPA to best utilize the relational database. We will discuss a number of optimization techniques including adjusting the domain model, optimal schema design, refactoring tables, effective indexing, making the right mapping choices, tweaking fetching strategies, utilizing native queries, tuning JPQL and effective caching.
7:40 pm	Open Q&A
8:00 pm	Meeting Adjournment

Presentation Materials

JPA Performance Tuning Presentation (PowerPoint)