Application Performance Monitor (APM) is now Server & Application Monitor (SAM) For more information on SAM, visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/seum/web-application-monitor.aspx Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/managing-application-servers-in-todays-compute-environments.html The traditional application server has been deconstructed and redefined. Components of today’s applications run on distributed systems which have been virtualized across clusters of physical hosts that sharing network bandwidth to storage and other resources. Additionally, today’s hyper-dense computing environments, made possible by innovations by companies such as Cisco, EMC, and VMware, have placed more servers per square foot in our data centers than ever before. These changes cause us to revisit IT management philosophies and in many cases to re-tool ourselves for this generation of data center. Join SolarWinds Head Geek Josh Stephens as we discuss the changes that these trends have caused and how they affect application management best practices. Some of what he’ll cover will include: Understanding today’s application server technologies Best practices for managing next-gen application servers Key elements of successful monitoring in hyper-dense computing environments Management system recommendations and what to watch out for Also during this webcast we’ll demonstrate key technologies from SolarWinds that help conquer these challenges and ensure application management success in these environments.

2. Managing Application Servers in Today’s Compute EnvironmentsGeek Speak Webcasts are created and sponsored by SolarWinds. If you are not a SolarWinds customer, we recommend downloading & installing a 30-Day Trial evaluation of Application Performance Monitor. This will allow users to follow along & understand the material being presented better.SolarWinds Application Performance Monitor: Download Now(LINK

3. A big “Howdy” from SolarWinds in Austin TexasBrandon Shopp – Group Product Manager - Networking

4. Ciaran Luttrell – Systems Engineer EMEAToday’s Topic: Managing Application Servers in Today’sCompute EnvironmentsWho is SolarWinds?What we do…

5. Who are our customers?

6. The SolarWinds community…Introduction

7. A Few Notes about Today’s SessionToday’s content will be fairly high-level

8. We only have an hour

9. No attendee left behind…

10. Ask questions!!!

11. Don’t be afraid to ask deeper questions

12. Don’t wait ‘till the end – ask away

13. Today’s session is being recorded

14. Recorded session on SolarWinds.com

15. Slides available on slideshare.com

16. We’ll e-mail you links when each are postedJ0sher2014

17. AgendaThe deconstruction of the application server

18. Today’s distributed applications

19. Monitoring technologies for systems and applications

20. Best practices for monitoring systems and apps

21. What to watch out for when choosing monitoring tools

22. Summary and Q&ADeconstruction – All the Rage Nowadays… What do we mean “deconstructed”?

23. When things were simple………

24. The Deconstruction of the App Server“Deconstructed”Traditional app servers were all in one “box”TodayApp servers are virtualizedPhysical servers are clusteredStorage is across the networkAccess to resources and I/O is shared:StorageCPUMemoryNetwork

25. Distributed ApplicationsMany applications, and what used to be called an “application server” are now distributedComponents can be distributed:Across multiple VMsAcross multiple ESX hostsAcross multiple clustersIn multiple data centersExchange 2010 is a great example…Management Methods for Apps and ServersBasic server up/downUsually monitored via ICMP (ping)Can be implied using other methodsAlso used to calculate availability, latency, response timeServer component performance (CPU, memory, storage/volumes)Usually monitored via SNMP or WMIIf on a VM may also be monitored using the vCenter APIReal-time measurements as well as history, trends, & averagesCan be used for capacity planning purposes