Java Enterprise Application Monitoring with Glassbox
Glassbox is a utility that monitors Java enterprise applications (WAR or EAR.) Glassbox identifies thread contention, excess memory usage, and slow database connections. Appvance IQ(AIQ) integrates with Glassbox to correlate monitored performance problems to AIQ's load test operations. Used in combination, AIQ and Glassbox deliver root cause analysis and mitigation of performance bottlenecks in Java enterprise applications.
Glassbox locates the reasons for an enterprise application failure, performance bottleneck, or functional issue without requiring changes or instrumentation to your application. Glassbox uses Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and Java Management technology. Glassbox is safe to use in production environments. Glassbox uses less than 1% of your server's CPU bandwidth. Glassbox supports Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, Oracle BEA WebLogic, RedHat JBoss, and Jetty.
You may still need network and application "sniffers," test harnesses, and probes, but thankfully these can now be focused on exotic problems and their complexity avoided when dealing with day-to-day application performance issues.
The Glassbox Project maintains Glassbox. Appvance integrates and ships Glassbox in Appvance PerformanceCloud Edition. Appvance Global Services provides professional support, training, and consulting for Glassbox.