Overall Remedy system tuning
This topic discusses the following overall tuning strategy:
Optimizing the network
- Use a gigabit network with minimal latency between the AR System server and the database server.
- Do not to install a firewall between the AR System server and the database server. A firewall has significant negative impact on performance.
- If there is a load balancer or firewall between the mid tier and the AR System server, configure it so that idle connections from the mid tier are not severed. Reestablishing severed connections takes additional time.
Optimum client configuration
BMC Performance Team recommends the following hardware and browser combination:
- Dual Core 2+ GHz CPU with 2 MB L2 cache or single core 3+ GHz CPU with 2 MB L2 cache
- 2-4 GB RAM
- The latest Mozilla Firefox update (37 or later), Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later, or the latest Chrome update (42 or later)
- Disable all browser add-on toolbars and plug-ins except Adobe Flash
- Configure the browser to open pop-ups in a new tab
- Configure the browser cache setting to Automatic
For additional information, see Browser-hardware-requirements-and-settings.
Overall tuning approach
- Create a precise statement of your performance problem. See Developing-a-performance-problem-statement-and-collecting-performance-data.
- Review overall system performance and capacity of the following components:
- CPU and memory resources
- Memory consumption
See Monitoring-Remedy-performance-and-capacity.
- Review the following individual components:
- Mid tier
- AR System server
Database server
- Evaluate and resolve performance issues by doing the following steps:
- Identify configuration discrepancies and performance bottlenecks.
- Prioritize any proposed changes based on the problem statement.
Perform and evaluate the impact of the highest priority change.
- Repeat step 4 for each change in order of priority.
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