CORRELATING PERFORMANCE OUTLIERS AND NETWORK PERFORMANCE IMPACTING EVENT METRIC
In one aspect, a system for correlating application performance data with network performance data is disclosed. The system includes: a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform operations. The operations include: receive data associated with monitored environment performing a distributed business transaction; identify business transaction performance outliers and network performance impacting events from the received data; generate a single network performance impacting event metric by categorizing the network performance events; provide a user interface for displaying an interactive report of the received data including the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric; and display, through the user interface, correlation of the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric using a common time scale.
1 . A system for correlating application performance data with network performance data, the system including:
a processor;
a memory; and
one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform operations including:
receive data associated with monitored environment performing a distributed business transaction;
identify business transaction performance outliers and network performance impacting events from the received data;
generate a single network performance impacting event metric by categorizing the network performance events;
provide a user interface for displaying an interactive report of the received data including the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric; and
display, through the user interface, correlation of the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric using a common time scale.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
receive user selection of a specific type of business transaction performance outliers; and
modify the report the display the selected specific type of business transaction performance outliers.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
analyze the network performance impacting event metric to identify a source of a bottleneck causing the business transaction performance outliers correlated with the network performance impacting event metric.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein when identifying the source of the bottleneck, the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
isolate the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein, when isolating the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network, the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
isolate the bottleneck to one or more of the following areas:
sender application;
sender TCP stack;
network interconnect;
receiver TCP stack; or
receiver application.
6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
display additional information indicating the isolated location of the bottle neck.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more modules are executable to perform operations including:
display additional information for the business transaction performance outliers and the network performance impacting event metric.
8 . A method for correlating application performance data with network performance data, the method including:
receiving data associated with monitored environment performing a distributed business transaction;
identifying business transaction performance outliers and network performance impacting events from the received data;
generating a single network performance impacting event metric by categorizing the network performance events;
providing a user interface for displaying an interactive report of the received data including the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric; and
displaying, through the user interface, correlation of the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric using a common time scale.
9 . The method of claim 8 , including:
receiving user selection of a specific type of business transaction performance outliers; and
modifying the report the display the selected specific type of business transaction performance outliers.
10 . The method of claim 8 , including:
analyzing the network performance impacting event metric to identify a source of a bottleneck causing the business transaction performance outliers correlated with the network performance impacting event metric.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein identifying the source of the bottleneck includes:
isolating the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein isolating the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network includes:
isolating the bottleneck to one or more of the following areas:
sender application;
sender TCP stack;
network interconnect;
receiver TCP stack; or
receiver application.
13 . The method of claim 11 , including:
displaying additional information indicating the isolated location of the bottle neck.
14 . The method of claim 8 , including:
displaying additional information for the business transaction performance outliers and the network performance impacting event metric.
15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying instructions when executed by a processor to cause operations to be performed for correlating application performance data with network performance data, the operations including:
receiving data associated with monitored environment performing a distributed business transaction;
identifying business transaction performance outliers and network performance impacting events from the received data;
generating a single network performance impacting event metric by categorizing the network performance events;
providing a user interface for displaying an interactive report of the received data including the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric; and
displaying, through the user interface, correlation of the identified business transaction performance outliers and the generated single network performance impacting event metric using a common time scale.
16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations include:
receiving user selection of a specific type of business transaction performance outliers; and
modifying the report the display the selected specific type of business transaction performance outliers.
17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations include:
analyzing the network performance impacting event metric to identify a source of a bottleneck causing the business transaction performance outliers correlated with the network performance impacting event metric.
18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein identifying the source of the bottleneck includes:
isolating the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network.
19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein isolating the bottleneck location to a distinct area in a network includes:
isolating the bottleneck to one or more of the following areas:
sender application;
sender TCP stack;
network interconnect;
receiver TCP stack; or
receiver application.
20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations include:
displaying additional information indicating the isolated location of the bottle neck.
21 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations include:
displaying additional information for the business transaction performance outliers and the network performance impacting event metric.