Tuning the network
Clients connect to the application over the network. The application also communicates with its various parts, such as the application server, database, and report server, over the network. If any segment of the network performs poorly, the user experiences a system that is slow and hard to navigate.
Overview
Maximo® Real Estate and
Facilities operates on a request and response basis. If the requests
and responses are delivered slowly,
Maximo Real Estate and
Facilities has no control over
response time. If users complain that
Maximo Real Estate and
Facilities
feels slow
, as opposed to one particular process being slow, the network is often the root
cause and must be investigated first.
Network speed throughput test
You need to understand the network speed throughput from different client locations. In the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Administrator Console, the Performance Monitor manager tests different client locations and compares network speed throughputs. The network Speed Throughput Test tests the network speed from the server to the current user desktop. In the results, you can see your speed throughput in KB and an average comparison with other network structures. Information about upload and download speeds, speed to generate the data, and speed to upload and download to the database are included.
You can provide the network Speed Throughput Test to client users without the need for a login. For adequate response times, users must be able to obtain network throughput of at least 229 KB. Users might experience performance degradation if the network does not operate within these parameters. Assign a network engineer or IT administrator to investigate network traffic speed from that client to the server. Also, test the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities server directly by circumventing any web servers and proxies to confirm if network speed improves.
Often, intermediary proxies contribute to poor network speeds. For example, if Maximo Real Estate and Facilities is deployed to WebSphere® Application Server Liberty on port 9080, the direct URL removing redirects, proxies, load balancers, web servers, firewalls and more might be http://[websphereserver.com]:9080/
The port number is the port that Maximo Real Estate and Facilities is deployed to.
You might also have a configured context root which is after the port number and slash (/) of the URL. A context root is the direct connection to the application and can help determine whether the performance concern is related to the deployment infrastructure or the network infrastructure. Perform the test as close to the application server as possible and on the same network segment.
