The Internet and Web browser-based applications have had a profound impact on how organizations distribute information, perform business processes, service customers, and reach new markets. At the heart of this is your HTTP server and Web-enabled data and applications. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended for AS/400 programmers, network and system management professionals, and other information technologists that are responsible for designing, developing, and deploying Web-based applications and information systems. You will find a holistic approach to Web server and application performance for the key components of your solution.

This book discusses such key components as:

- The Web browser client

- Network and communications infrastructure

- Application characteristics, such as static or dynamically generated Web pages

- AS/400 server processor, memory, disk storage, and communications resources

The focus is on enabling you to create a sound methodology as a continual process for sizing and planning your Web application and HTTP server environment. This includes giving you the ability to:

- Measure the right data

- Correlate application transaction events, such as Web hits, to the measured data

- Analyze resource usage and transaction times

Chapter 1. AS/400 HTTP server performance overview

Chapter 2. Characteristics of Web-based applications

Chapter 3. Performance measurement and analysis tools

Chapter 4. Correlation of measured performance data

Chapter 5. Security implications and performance

Chapter 6. Sizing Web-based applications

Chapter 7. Capacity planning for Web-based applications

Chapter 8. Web application performance considerations

Appendix A. IBM application framework for e-business

Appendix B. Getting more detailed assistance

Appendix C. Web serving performance measurements