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Summary: Real world examples help you understand the theory
Review: This book great to read from cover to cover, as well as simply using it as a reference guide. As some one who is familiar with the WebSphere platform, but new to performance tuning, I found that the topics where laid out in a very easy to understand progression.I appreciate the first chapter as it builds the case for performance tuning. The examples given are 'real world'. They show how costly a project can get over time if you just "throw hardware" at a performance problem. This is a no brainer for most people that will read this book. However, all the dollar figures and numbers are great to bring to decision makers before a project begins to help you build a case for budgeting and planning for performance -before production! It is very nice to finally find a book that compares and contrasts the different architectures of WAS 4 and WAS 5. Adam Neat describes each component in both versions 4 and 5, and how they are different. This book is probably not for someone who is just getting started with WebSphere. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is comfortable with the administration of WebSphere, and needs to learn the art of performance tuning. You won't be disappointed.
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