# Glassbox Features and Benefits - 100% free and open source. - Web application: deploy it and open its user interface in a browser. - Diagnose problems with one click without requiring source-code knowledge. - Concise English output reduces miscommunication. - Measures SLA violations so teams can prioritize material issues. - Low overhead is designed to minimize impact on production applications. - Plug-and-play deployment requires no source or build changes. - Adapts automatically to application code; no application training is required. - Monitor or troubleshoot multiple agents simultaneously from the same client. ### Release-candidate improvements - More than nine months of improvements since the beta. - Improved installation, additional platforms, and improved automation. - More monitors for additional frameworks and issue types. - Improved integration APIs. - Additional testing and bug fixes. ### Faults identified out of the box - Slow, failed, or broken database queries and connections - Failing or slow Java - Bottlenecks and thread contention - Slow or failing web services and remote procedure calls - Inefficient Java code - Faulty HTTP - Java Mail issues - Broken FTP - Provides conclusive diagnoses instead of piles of logs and reports. - Uses a simple web-based list/detail interface. - Uses standards-based monitoring without custom byte-code manipulation. ### Supported technology - Platforms: Windows, Linux, and Solaris - Java 6: Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM JVMs - Java 5: Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM Java 1.5 JVMs - Other Java versions: 1.4.x JVMs from Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM - Databases: Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2, and SQL Server - Application servers: Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss, Oracle OC4J, WebSphere, and Resin Check with Appvance for support status for additional platforms; support was being expanded. - Uses standards-based AspectJ and JMX infrastructure. - No licensing restrictions on where Glassbox 2.0 can run. --- Last updated: October 15, 2026 If you have feedback on this topic, contact .