Rational Application Performance Analyzer

Performance test automation for quality driven software delivery

Rational Application Performance Analyzer enables users to identify slow performing application code.

Finding performance bottlenecks is often not enough. In order to address performance bottlenecks, software delivery teams need to identify not only the presence but cause of system slowdowns so that corrective action can be taken.

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Features and Benefits
FeaturesBenefits
Find and diagnose the cause of performance problems Rational Application Performance Analyzer goes beyond problem identification to problem diagnosis. Using Root Cause Analysis features, you can identify both the source code and physical application tier that is causing the bottleneck.
Graphical Reports A wide variety of graphical and table based reports are available to pinpoint the exact location of system performance bottlenecks.
Support for IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic IBM Rational Application Performance Analyzer supports J2EE applications running on BEA Weblogic and IBM WebSphere application servers
Create UML Sequence diagrams based on actual running source code With the generated UML sequence diagrams you can trace all activity that occurred just prior to the bottleneck to truly enable you to address the root cause of your performance problem.

Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIX, Linux, Windows Server 2003 , Windows Vista, Windows XP AIX(R) 5.2 TL7 or later

AIX 5.3 TL3 or later

Red Hat Desktop 4 updates 1 through 7, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode

Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) 4 updates 1 through 7, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 2, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9.0 SP1 to SP4

SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop / Enterprise Server Version 10.0 to SP2

Microsoft Windows(R) Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard Edition with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode

Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2 or 3, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode

Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x, 6.x and 6.x embedded

BEA WebLogic Server 8.1
Hardware (Hardware requirements are identical for all operating systems)

Available RAM

Processor Minimum: Intel® Pentium® 4 1.5GHz or compatible

Memory Minimum for Rational Performance Tester: 768 MB RAM

Memory Minimum for just the Agent Controller: 500 MB of RAM

Available Disk space

Disk space Minimum: 1.5 GB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.

Note:

Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install.

Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product.

Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS.

An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP.

An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.

Display 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)

800 x 600 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)

Other hardware Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device

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