Hibernate performance tuning. Speed Up Your Hibernate Applications with Second-Level Caching. Igh-volume database traffic is a frequent cause of performance problems in Web applications.
Hibernate is a high-performance, object/relational persistence and query service, but it won't solve all your performance issues without a little help. In many cases, second-level caching can be just what Hibernate needs to realize its full performance-handling potential. This article examines Hibernate's caching functionalities and shows how you can use them to significantly boost application performance. An Introduction to Caching. Hibernate: Understanding Lazy Fetching.