Benefits

Bottleneck detection and recommendations

Software component "hot spot" analysis

Integration with existing or planned system management packages

Interactive analytical reports align application capacity with business goals and objectives

Diagnostic reports and analyses in a test, QA or production environment

Data Sheet for use by .NET Developers

Peeling the .NET application performance 'onion' gets easier with AppMetrics for .NET serviced components.

This new product from Xtremesoft allows you to quickly identify the specific module that's decreasing your .NET application's performance and pinpoint the problem components and methods, so that your time is focused on the problem.

AppMetrics for .NET serviced components provides drill down, diagnostic and timing reports that show you your method and component timings as well as your components and transactions, started, completed and aborted, and highlighting the ones that need attention.

It answers the questions:

• Which component and method is slowing down the application?
• Where are the leaks in my application?
• Which component is hanging?
• Where should I invest optimization resources?
• Why did performance change between versions?

Aligning Application Management with Business Objectives
In today's fast-paced e-business economy, your business depends on application transactions running efficiently and effectively. Your applications must run at the speed of your business, not the other way around.

If you have developed or are developing your multi-tier applications using serviced components, you'll want to manage these applications to be sure you meet Service Level Agreements. For managing, measuring, and monitoring .NET applications, even Microsoft turns to Xtremesoft.

Comprehensive Application Management Software
Xtremesoft AppMetrics for .NET Serviced Components solution assures the optimum performance, scalability, and reliability for mission-critical "bet your business" applications. Xtremesoft software engineers have worked intensively with Microsoft development teams to create the most comprehensive management solution for today's demanding infrastructure management requirements. AppMetrics for .NET Serviced Components software makes it easy to derive the information you need to obtain maximum business bandwidth from your applications.

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Analyze, Act, and Succeed with Xtremesoft AppMetrics for .NET Serviced Components
Xtremesoft is a leading supplier of application management solutions for COM+ and .NET-based applications. In partnership with Microsoft, Xtremesoft enables organizations to proactively manage application throughput capabilities for the mission-critical middle tier. Xtremesoft provides enterprises with intelligent infrastructure management capabilities to achieve operational excellence and fulfill Service Level Agreements.

Features
AppMetrics for .NET Serviced Components provides the following information:

Sample Interactive Analytic reports include:

• Top 10 components
• Top 10 transactions
• Top 10 methods
• Package/Application % CPU
• Package/Application memory
• Package/Application page faults/second
• Active components
• Components (started, completed, aborted)
• Component duration
• Active transactions
• Transactions (started, completed, aborted)
• Transaction duration

Diagnostic monitors enable high granularity reporting:

• Logging records details at the Application/Package level, Component level, and the Method level
• Application Tab displays resource consumption at the COM+ application level
• Deep visibility into your business transactions through tracing method call sequence, durations, and status

Requirements
Hardware

• Intel® Pentium®, Celeron™, and Xeon™ processors only
• Disk space: 35 MB (not including DB)
• Databases (on AppMetrics Manager machine): 15 MB to several GB, varies per deployment
• 512 MB RAM with 10 MB free per monitor

Software

AppMetrics Manager:

• Microsoft Windows^® XP SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Server

AppMetrics Agent:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Server

For AppMetrics Reports:

• MS Excel^® XP, or greater
• Microsoft SQL Server^TM 7.0 or SQL Server 2000 is suggested - Otherwise, when AppMetrics for Transactions is installed, it offers the option to install MSDE 7 as the database server.

For 3.1.0 release (Q4-2006) Reports:

• MS Excel^® XP, or greater
• Microsoft SQL Server^TM2000 or greater. Otherwise, when AppMetrics is installed, it offers the option to install SQL Express 2005 as the database server