Performance evaluation of a network-based application

• US 7,623,463 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2005
• Issued: 11/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chavda, Kavita
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan; Tri H
• Application Number:
  US11/223,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 370235-2362, 370241-2411, 709223-226, 718100-101
• US Class Current: 370/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/091 Measuring contribution of individual network components to actual service level

Abstract

A solution for evaluating a performance of a network-based application is provided. A transaction performed by the application is decomposed into multiple components. One or more resources for each component are identified and performance data for each identified resource is obtained while the application processes the transaction. Based on the performance data, the performance of the application is evaluated. In this manner, the performance of the application can be comprehensively evaluated.

Claims

1. A method of evaluating a performance of a network-based application, the method comprising:

decomposing a transaction for the network-based application into a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components include a client component, a network component, and a server component;

identifying a plurality of resources used by the network-based application, wherein the plurality of resources include a client component resource, a network component resource, and a server component resource;

obtaining individual performance data for each of the plurality of resources on at least one computing device based on a processing of the transaction by the network-based application; and

evaluating the performance of the network-based application using the at least one computing device based on the individual performance data obtained for each of the plurality of resources, the evaluating including analyzing an individual resource utilization of each of the plurality of resources by the network-based application when processing the transaction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a problem resource from the plurality of resources based on the evaluating.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising generating at least one solution for improving the problem resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining step includes simulating an environment for the network component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the evaluating step includes comparing the performance data to performance data obtained from a simulated environment for the network component.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring at least one monitoring tool, wherein the at least one monitoring tool acquires performance data for at least one of the plurality of resources.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a performance concern, wherein the obtaining step is performed in response to the performance concern.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining step includes increasing a logging detail level for at least one resource.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a user session for the transaction, wherein the obtaining step is further based on the user session.

10. A system for evaluating a performance of a network-based application, the system comprising:

at least one computing device including;

a system for decomposing a transaction for the network-based application into a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components include a client component, a network component, and a server component;

a system for identifying a plurality of resources used by the network-based application, wherein the plurality of resources include a client component resource, a network component resource, and a server component resource;

a system for obtaining individual performance data for each of the plurality of resources based on a processing of the transaction by the network-based application; and

a system for evaluating the performance of the network-based application based on the individual performance data obtained for each of the plurality of resources, the system for evaluating including a system for analyzing an individual resource utilization of each of the plurality of resources by the network-based application when processing the transaction.

11. The system of claim 10, the at least one computing device further including a system for determining a problem resource from the plurality of resources based on the evaluation.

12. The system of claim 11, the at least one computing device further including a system for generating at least one solution for improving the problem resource.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the system for obtaining includes a system for simulating an environment for the network component.

14. The system of claim 10, the at least one computing device further including a system for receiving a performance concern.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the system for obtaining includes at least one monitoring tool, wherein the at least one monitoring tool acquires performance data for at least one resource.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one resource for the client component comprises at least one of:

a virtual memory, a file system, a cache, or a Java runtime environment.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one monitoring tool comprises a network analyzer connected to the network.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one resource for the server component comprises at least one of:

a load balancer, an object manager, a database manager, a web server, and an operating system.

19. The system of claim 15, the at least one computing device further including a system for configuring the at least one monitoring tool.

20. The system of claim 10, the at least one computing device further including a system for identifying a user session for the transaction.

21. A program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium, which when executed, enables a computer infrastructure to evaluate a performance of a network-based application, the program product comprising computer program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to perform the method steps of:

decomposing a transaction for the network-based application into a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components include a client component, a network component, and a server component;

identifying a plurality of resources used by the network-based application, wherein the plurality of resources include a client component resource, a network component resource, and a server component resource;

obtaining individual performance data for each of the plurality of resources based on a processing of the transaction by the network-based application; and

evaluating the performance of the network-based application based on the individual performance data obtained for each of the plurality of resources the evaluating including analyzing an individual resource utilization of each of the plurality of resources by the network-based application when processing the transaction.

22. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method steps further include determining a problem resource from the plurality of resources based on the evaluation.

23. The program product of claim 22, wherein the method steps further include generating at least one solution for improving the problem resource.

24. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method steps further include configuring a plurality of monitoring tools, wherein each of the plurality of components includes at least one monitoring tool that acquires performance data.

25. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method steps further include receiving a performance concern, wherein the obtaining step is performed in response to the performance concern.

26. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method steps further include identifying a user session for the transaction, wherein the obtaining step is further based on the user session.

27. A method of deploying a system for evaluating a performance of a network-based application, the method comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure including at least one computing device operable to;

decompose a transaction for the network-based application into a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components include a client component, a network component, and a server component;

identify a plurality of resources used by the network-based application, wherein the plurality of resources include a client component resource, a network component resource, and a server component resource;

obtain individual performance data for each of the plurality of resources based on a processing of the transaction by the network-based application; and

evaluate the performance of the network-based application based on the performance data obtained for each of the plurality of resources, the evaluating including analyzing an individual resource utilization of each of the plurality of resources by the network-based application when processing the transaction.