IBM Enterprise Content Management Performance Methodology

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This presentation provides an overview of the IBM ECM Performance Methodology for building and maintaining high performance and scalability in complex real-world ECM deployments. The IBM ECM Performance Methodology includes

1. Planning for performance
2. Pre-production performance testing
3. Performance tuning
4. Monitoring and maintaining performance
5. Performance troubleshooting

• Start with an initial sizing and capacity planning estimate
• Design your solution with performance in mind
• Model and test your own expected workload and system configuration
• Create a "performance profile" as a baseline for production monitoring and capacity planning

• Thorough pre-production testing increases confidence and reduces risk for the production system
• Evaluate end-user performance under realistic conditions
• Test types: low-load baseline, longevity at typical production load, expected peak load, stress test, scalability test
• "Cold / warm / hot" end-user testing
• Strategies for Rational Performance Tester scripting and test repository population

• The tuning process is similar to the performance troubleshooting process
• Performance tuning can touch all components in the system
• Common aspects to tune for IBM Case Manager and the FileNet Content Platform Engine repository

• Maintain an ongoing "performance profile"
• The Green / Yellow / Red Zone approach to monitoring

• Use a disciplined and organized approach to solve the problem
• Troubleshooting checklists
• Key system metrics for performance troubleshooting