Ending the Blame Game: Troubleshooting Distributed Application Performance
Gone is the luxury of sending network engineers to physically visit a site
to troubleshoot performance issues. Today’s geographically distributed
companies and distributed applications require a 24×7 proactive approach
to measuring and monitoring application performance. This paper defines
Application Response Time (ART), presents factors to consider when
troubleshooting the performance of distributed applications, and identifies
“must have” criteria for distributed application analysis solutions.