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Organizations / EventsComputer Measurement Group (CMG) ACM SIGMETRICS, the ACM
Special Interest Group (SIG) for the computer/communication system performance community Capacity PlanningCMG conference proceedings from 1997 through 2005 a unique collection of papers about capacity planning, performance engineering, and performance management Dr. Neil Gunther's Site and Blog Guerrilla Capacity Planning by Neil J. Gunther Dr. Norton's publications include papers on Simalytic Modeling as well as a number of other modeling related topics Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning Resources from Fortuitous Adrian Cockcroft's Blog performance, modeling, and capacity planning Capacity Planning for Internet Services. Quick planning techniques for high growth rates by Adrian Cockcroft and Bill Walker Open Source Capacity & Performance Management Tools for Windows & Unix Systems by Brian Johnson System Management by Exception by Igor Trubin Using Transaction Cost Analysis for Site Capacity Planning from Microsoft Capacity Model for Internet Transactions from Microsoft A Capacity Planning Framework for Multi-tier Enterprise Services with Real Workloads Capacity Planning for Internet Service Networks by Geoff Huston Capacity Planning: An Essential Tool for Managing Web Services by Virgílio A.F. Almeida and Daniel A. Menascé IBM Server and ERP Sizing Guides Capacity Planning Market Forrester review from the BMC site Quantitative System Performance the classic text by Lazowska, Zahorjan, Graham, and Sevcik Stochastic Petri Nets - An Introduction to the Theory book by Falko Bause and Pieter Kritzinger TuningIt is often difficult to separate information how to design systems with good performance (architecture, performance patterns, language structures, etc.) from information how to tune and deploy systems, quite often both sides are considered. Although more tuning- and product - oriented links are placed here, a lot of related information can be found in the Performance section. See also Bottlenecks. Wilson Mar's performance tuning notes mainly Windows and .NetJaqui Lynch's Publications including UNIX, AIX, Linux, and Apache performance tuning Performance monitoring and capacity planning by Randy Johnson and Harris Kern, mostly DBMS-related tuning PerformanceWiki performance / tuning tips
Windows
Linux/Unix
VMware Apache Web (aka IBM HTTP) Server
Microsoft IIS
WebLogic
WebSphere
MQ
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
DB2
MySQL
Oracle Applications
Oracle EPM and BI
SAP Modeling ToolsEach vendor site provide many interesting documents about modeling, capacity planning, performance management, etc.BMC Performance Assurance solutions (former BEST/1, Patrol Perform &Predict) TeamQuest Metron Athene, "provides ITIL-compliant capacity management, automatic performance analysis and reporting for UNIX, Linux, Windows and Mainframe Servers." HyPerformix Predictive IT Management Suite includes HyPerformix Optimizer (uses discrete event simulation modeling technology), HyPerformix Capacity Manager and HyPerformix Data Manager. PDQ - open source from Dr. Neil Gunther Ptolemy II is a set of Java packages supporting heterogeneous, concurrent modeling and design from UC at Berkeley, free for academic and commercial use. Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner A Collection of Modelling and Simulation Resources on the Internet by Andrea Emilio Rizzoli Application Performance Management ToolsA new class of software for performance monitoring and diagnostics in production or under load. Basic monitoring (using operating systems tools and utilities) are considered in the Monitoring section.Gartner Magic Quadrant for J2EE Application Server Management, 2005
Oracle Enterprise Manager manages Oracle and non-Oracle technologies within a single console. Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java. HP Diagnostics (former Mercury) is integrated with both Performance and Business Availability Centers. Includes Mercury Diagnostics for J2EE (former LoadRunner Transaction Breakdown), .Net and ERP/CRM (Siebel, Oracle, and SAP NetWeaver) and Deep Diagnostics for J2EE (former Performant OptiBench). Wily Introscope gives the ability to quickly isolate and resolve performance issues in each stage of the application lifecycle. J2EE. Precise Software Application Performance Management (was also Symantec, Veritas) solutions to optimize the performance and availability of enterprise applications including J2EE, .NET, databases (DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server), and ERP/CRM (SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Oracle Applications). Quest
Application Management (including former Sitraka products)
optimizing performance and availability for J2EE, Oracle E-Business, PeopleSoft, SAP,
Siebel.
IBM Tivoli Application Management, including products from acquired Cyanea and Candle
IBM Enterprise
Workload Manager
Resources. An IBM attempt to extend the mainframe technology to other platforms.
Compuware
Vantage products, including
Vantage Analyzer for J2EE OPNET application performance solutions including Panorama (former Altaworks) "realtime application monitoring and analytics". BMC Application Problem Resolution (former Identify AppSight) is positioned a little differently. "patented Black Box technology monitors application execution and captures a synchronized record of user activity, configuration, and code execution in real time. Simply play back the Black Box log to quickly pinpoint the root cause of problems. That's any problem - performance, configuration, functional, or user errors - in Windows, .NET, and J2EE applications" BMC Performance Management (former Patrol) BEZ Systems BEZPlus Predictive Performance Management solutions for Oracle, DB2, and Teradata. Symphoniq TrueView "monitors Web application performance from browser to back-end to automatically detect and diagnose problems inside or outside the datacenter." Nimsoft (acquired Indicative) proactive service level, application performance and business service management dynaTrace performance diagnostics of Java/J2EE and .NET Applications, promises a deep look into the inner workings of applications under load Macro 4 provides a range of application performance solutions for mainframe and distributed environments JXInsight enterprise Java performance monitoring, problem diagnostic, transaction analysis and application management solution Performance Management directory from KnowledgeStorm Enterprise Monitoring ToolsTools allowing monitoring of multiple servers including alerting and reporting. Basic monitoring (using operating systems tools and utilities) are considered in the Monitoring section.PerfMan from ISM, cross-platform from Windows to z/OS PerfCap Performance Management and Capacity Planning software, supported on IBM-AIX, HP-UX, SUN Solaris, Tru64 Unix, Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP and OpenVMS platforms WHAM monitoring and low-overhead profiling for AIX, Solaris, and Linux Performance SeNTry (also known as NTSMF) from Demand Technology, high-performance Windows performance monitor Sysload from Sysload Software, cross-platform including agents for databases and applications Meta-View Performance Manager from Lund, Windows and different flavors of UNIX Performance and Availability Management from NetIQ PROGNOSIS from Integrated Research (IR), "real-time, systems management software for high-availability computing environments" Performance Management from ASG (acquired Landmark) MonitorIT from Breakout Software, "Complete WINDOWS, SNMP, & SYSLOG Monitoring" Heroix multiplatform, automated monitoring and management software BMC ProactiveNet Analytics (former ProactiveNet) end-to-end performance monitoring and real-time analysis to identify performance issues List of Free Performance Monitoring Tools from MFJ Associates Transaction Tracking / Business Activity MonitoringOracle Enterprise Manager Real User Experience Insight (former Moniforce UXInsight) monitors real user activity, provide analysis and notifications Correlsense's SharePath "provides the unique ability to manage and monitor cross tier transactions at the transaction level, manage transaction Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and enable root cause performance analysis" HP TransactionVision (former Bristol Technology) tracks customer transactions throughout their entire lifecycle. It provides Business Process Monitoring that increases visibility into your customer facing transactions. SeaView/RTM (Response Time Monitor) "passively captures network packets via a spanned port on the server switch. The software discovers and captures granular data describing all application sessions in real time. Built into the SeaView architecture is the ability to plug in application-specific modules that probe deeply into captured packets to measure the performance of actual business transactions." TeaLeaf "provides real-time, browser-level visibility into every customer's online experience." OpTier "delivers end-to-end visibility and control of all business transactions, across all tiers." Coradiant End-User Experience Management Business Activity Monitoring with WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1 IBM Redbook Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) directory from KnowledgeStorm Performance-Related TechnologiesDataSynapse virtualizes applications across a real-time infrastructure Appistry CloudIQ Platform "software-based environment for running large-scale, time-critical applications on commodity-grade computers, without sacrificing dependability or manageability" Network Performance ManagementNetPerformance.com "the first Web site dedicated to network performance management" Guide to Network Performance Management and Network Performance Management from TechTarget (free registration required) The End All of Network Performance Management by Bruce Boardman, six network performance management products tested (Argent Guardian 6.0a, Compuware Vantage 8, Concord eHealth Suite 5.0.2, NetScout nGenius Performance Manager 1.4, NetQoS SuperAgent 3.0, and ProactiveNet 4.1.2) List of Free Performance Monitoring Tools from MFJ Associates John Sellens's System and Network Monitoring Page Wireshark network protocol analyzer Bit-Twist Ethernet packet generator NetQoS "Performance First Network Management" BooksClick on the book or its title to see book information and reviews (if available) on Amazon.com
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