AppMetrics® for Transactions Data Sheet - Application Monitoring and Analysis for COM+ Applications

Benefits

Application usage and performance analysis

Bottleneck detection and recommendations

Software component "hot spot" analysis

Key benchmarks and threshold levels established for optimal application health and performance

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

AppMetrics® for Transactions Data Sheet

Application Monitoring and Analysis for COM+ Applications

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 developed your multi-tier applications using COM+, you'll want to manage these applications to be sure you meet Service Level Agreements. For managing, measuring, and monitoring COM+ applications, even Microsoft turns to Xtremesoft.

Monitoring Mission-Critical COM+ Applications
Xtremesoft provides "must-have" information to get and keep your applications up and running. AppMetrics for Transactions provides:

An Early Warning System - via SMTP (e-mail), SNMP, or the Event Log
Production Monitoring - the details you need with little overhead
Diagnostics Monitoring - efficient identification of bottlenecks
Historical Reporting - documenting today's performance trends help you plan for future requirements

And with Xtremesoft professional services, you get the expertise that ensures that your solution zeros in on your specific requirements. Xtremesoft guarantees it!

Comprehensive Application Management Software
Xtremesoft AppMetrics for Transactions solution assures the optimum performance, scalability, and reliability for mission-critical "bet your business" applications. Xtremesoft software engineers have worked intensively with Microsoft COM+ development teams to create the most comprehensive management solution for today's demanding infrastructure management requirements. AppMetrics for Transactions 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 Transactions
Xtremesoft is a leading supplier of application management solutions for COM+-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 Transactions 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

Real-time and historical display of applications' transactional effectiveness

Real-time notification of application metrics that exceed expected benchmarks

Choice of four notification types: e-mail/pager, SNMP, Windows Event log, or Windows Component Script invocations

AppMetrics/COM+ Management Pack for SCOM 2007

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

Hardware Requirements for the AppMetrics Manager

Minimum Intel x86 Processor Pentium III 300MHz or higher. Intel Core 2 Duo or Quad Processor recommended.
Minimum 256 MB RAM, 1 GB or higher recommended.
Minimum 10 GB free disk space, plus 4 GB additional space per monitor for archival data.

Hardware Requirements for the AppMetrics Agent

Minimum Intel x86 Processor Pentium III 300MHz or higher. Intel Core 2 Duo or Quad Processor recommended.
Minimum 256 MB RAM, 1 GB or higher recommended.
Minimum 10 GB free disk space, plus 1 GB additional space minimum per agent for COM+ instrumentation event logging.

Operating Systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported):

AppMetrics Manager: