Application monitoring is the process of monitoring and managing of application stack to ensure that they perform in accordance with the level of service expected.
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Application monitoring is the process of monitoring and
managing of application stack to ensure that they perform in
accordance with the level of service expected.
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Application software ensures hassle free performance. This is
made possible by their diagnosing and detecting properties
that help them in early detection and correction of application
problems that may hamper the systemâs optimum productivity
and performance.
In the following section we shall see the importance of
monitoring software and learn how they play a vital role in
early detection and resolving of issues that may affect the
level of performance.
3. 1. Application Performance managementâwhat is
it?
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Application performance management refers to the
management and monitoring of systems, networks, and other
related devices on a continuous basis.
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This continuous process makes sure that the performances of
devices do not suffer deviation from the normal standards
expected of them. Even if there is a deviation, the 24x7
monitoring ensures that the issue is detected and resolved as
soon as possible.
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This enhances business productivity by taking effective
measures against the possibility of downtime or other
performance hampering issues. Early detection of problems
and other negative factors gives the administrator enough
time to fix them before they snowball into something major.
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This is both cost- and time-saving as early detection and
correction helps prevent costly and frustrating service
interruptions. A unified view of the system provided by these
tools maximizes performance management.
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How is Application Performance Assessed?
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Computational resource method is the first of the two
methods by which the application performance is measured
or assessed.
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In computational resource method, a device known as the
computational resource is connected to the computer.
Random access memory (RAM), central processing unit
(CPU) time, memory on the hard disk (hard disk space),
virtual memory, and others are some of the examples of
computational resources.
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External devices that too fall under the category of
computational resources are router connected to the
computer; network connections, network throughput, network
connections, and others.
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The second method of assessing or measuring application
performance refers to the sum total of performance as
witnessed by the individual using any particular application.
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This method of assessing the performance of application
consists of two components. The first component is the
measure of bandwidth. Bandwidth refers to the volume of
transactions processed per unit time by the application.
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The second component is referred to as latency. Explained in
layman terms, it is nothing but the time interval elapsed
between the user query and the system response time.
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Both these methods serve as a benchmark for application
performance. Any deviation from this benchmark alerts the
administrator that there may be an issue with the application.
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This apart from providing help in checking and resolving
present performance can also predict future application
performance if they are correlated with external events.
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Servers are machines, and, like any other machine, can
crash, become slow or unresponsive, or even fail. This can
result in service downtime and crucial loss of productivity.
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Server monitoring software by Logic Monitor are used for
automatically scanning servers on networks to check for slow
responding, failing, unresponsive, or crashed servers. These
software check the services status with a time period that
may range anywhere between 60 seconds to four hours.
