Chapter 4    Collections Behavior and Tuning

This chapter covers the following topics.

• Overview

  • Tuning the Btree Load Factor

  • Tuning the Block Size at Collection Type Level

  • Tuning the Block Size at Instance Level

• Collection Behavior

  • Precedence of Block Size and Load Factor Values

• Collection Concurrency

• Tuning Collections at Development Time

• Using Methods to Dynamically Tune Collections at Run Time

• Analyzing a Collection

• Performance Considerations