Selecting a Performance Management Strategy
Developing a good performance management strategy will help you manage your system's performance.
Your performance management strategy depends in a large part on the amount of time you can afford to spend managing performance. If you are working with a small company, you may be managing many different aspects of your business and cannot devote many hours to managing performance. Many large companies employ performance specialists to keep their systems tuned and running effectively.
Different business needs require different performance management strategies. For determining a basic performance management strategy and for identifying which performance applications to use, classify your company in one of three categories: small business, mid-sized business, and large business. The business resources vary for each size, and your management strategy will vary accordingly.
Small business
A small business most likely has fewer resources to devote to managing performance than a larger business. For that reason, use as much automation as possible. You can use IBM® Performance Management for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems) to have your performance data sent directly to IBM where it will be compiled and generated into reports for you. This not only saves you time, but IBM also makes suggestions to you when your server needs an upgrade.
The following is a list of recommended performance applications for a small business:
- IBM Navigator for i Performance interface: Display and manage performance data.
- Collection Services: Collect sample data at user-defined intervals for later analysis.
- IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems): Automate the collection, archival, and analysis of system performance data.
- IBM Performance Tools for i: Gather, analyze, and maintain system performance information.
- IBM Navigator for i Monitors: Observe graphical representations of system performance, and automate responses to predefined events or conditions.
Mid-sized business
The mid-sized business probably has more resources devoted to managing performance than the small business. You may still want to automate as much as possible and can also benefit from using IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems).
The following is a list of recommended performance applications for a mid-sized business:
- IBM Navigator for i Performance interface: Display and manage performance data.
- Collection Services: Collect sample data at user-defined intervals for later analysis.
- IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems): Automate the collection, archival, and analysis of system performance data.
- IBM Performance Tools for i: Gather, analyze, and maintain system performance information.
- IBM Navigator for i Monitors: Observe graphical representations of system performance, and automate responses to predefined events or conditions.
Large business
The large business has resources devoted to managing performance.
The following is a list of recommended performance applications for a large business:
- IBM Navigator for i Performance interface: Display and manage performance data.
- Collection Services: Collect sample data at user-defined intervals for later analysis.
- IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems): Automate the collection, archival, and analysis of system performance data.
- IBM Performance Tools for i: Gather, analyze, and maintain system performance information.
- IBM Navigator for i Monitors: Observe graphical representations of system performance, and automate responses to predefined events or conditions.
- IBM i Job Watcher: Collect detailed information about a specific job or thread resource.
- IBM i Disk Watcher: Collect detailed information about disk performance data.
- Performance explorer: Collect detailed information about a specific application or system resource.