DB2 Java Performance: DB2 Transaction Framework (cont.)

Control DB2 Java Application References to the Database

One of the first standards and principles neglected in the DB2 Java applications that I have seen is that the application references the database too many times to complete a single transaction. While it is good to use your ORM database interface, the architect and application programmer should know how many times the ORM layer is used during each different type of the transaction. Since these ORM frameworks mask the database as just another object, many programmers do not know when their Java class or web service is firing a SQL call to the database. Within some performance problem systems, I have seen several hundred Java application calls to the database to complete a single transaction. This level of activity will never provide sub second application transaction performance.

Comparing these new DB2 Java application database call levels against the other applications within any environment usually shows a substantial increase in overall usage. Sometimes the legacy transactions are only referencing the database 10-25 times while the new DB2 Java applications are referencing the database 130-175 times to complete a single transaction. Database usage during the Agile project development process or new scrum scenarios needs must be highlighted so everyone understands the overall performance requirements and expectations.

Most object oriented applications have their database calls travel through the network, web server and application servers making performance monitoring and evaluation even more difficult. Even though the next buzz word of cloud computing is supposed to cache and make magic of all these transactions performance problems, not even a cloud can make hundreds of calls to the database perform fly sky high.

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