Improving Performance and Driving Value Using AppDynamics

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DevOpsGuysImproving Performance and Driving Value Using

AppDynamicsWhy APM is your DevOps secret…

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Intro to me & DevOpsGuys

Steve Thair, DevOpsGuys• Infrastructure Architect and

Operations Manager• Run multi-million pound e-

commerce platforms for Totaljobs, RAC• Founder of London Web

Performance Meetup and part of Velocity Programme Committee 2012, 2013 & / 2014

DevOpsGuys provide application management services for online customers, giving them access to the expertise necessary for

developing, delivering, maintaining and optimizing applications, allowing them to accelerate time-to-market and to focus on adding value for their

business.

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Agenda

• What is APM anyway? • Why do I need APM?• Some benefits of APM• AppDynamics Live Demo• Q&A

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APM Defined

“In the fields of information technology and systems management, application performance management (APM), is the monitoring and managing of performance and availability of software applications. APM strives to detect and diagnose application performance problems to maintain an expected level of service. APM is the translation of IT metrics into business meaning (i.e. value).”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Performance_Management

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“5 Dimensions of APM*”

1. End user experience monitoring - (Active and passive)

2. Application runtime architecture discovery and modeling

3. User-defined transaction profiling (also called business transaction management)

4. Application component monitoring5. Reporting & Application data analytics

*According to Gartner

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Network Instruments

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Coradient

CorrelsenseNastel

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Arctures Technologies

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Managed Engine

New RelicAppDynamics

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AppNeta

Dell

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Gartner APM Magic Quadrant

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15 Reasons…

1. “THE AGE OF THE CUSTOMER”

2. E-COMMERCE3. NEW DEVELOPMENT

METHODS – AGILE AND DEVOPS

4. FASTER DEVELOPMENT CYCLES

5. REDUCED IT BUDGETS AND RESOURCES

6. INCREASED NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

7. DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS

8. CLOUD9. PAAS10. VIRTUALIZATION11. SOFTWARE DEFINED

DATA CENTERS12. MOBILITY13. BYOD14. INCREASED STRAIN ON

THE NETWORK15. FASTER NETWORK

SPEEDS

http://apmdigest.com/15-reasons-why-you-need-apm-in-2014-1

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In summary - 3 Reasons

1. DevOps Agility2. Application Complexity3. Multi-client (“API first”)

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In summary - 4 Reasons

1. DevOps Agility2. Application Complexity3. Multi-client (“API first”)4. Don’t want to be slagged

off in the Daily Mail…

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BENEFITS OF APMNever leave home without it…

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4 Quick benefits

1. See the Big Picture (systems thinking)

2. Drill down to the details3. Faster Feedback cycles (Agile-

enabled)4. Stop the “Blame Game”– aka “There’s your Problem!”

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#1See the Big Picture

(aka Systems Thinking)

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Systems Thinking 101

“Systems thinking is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns rather than static snapshots. It is a set of general principles spanning fields as diverse as physical and social sciences, engineering and management.” - Peter Senge

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Command & Control vs Systems Thinking

http://www.systemsthinking.co.uk/2-1.asp

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inking

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CASE STUDY #12 WEEKS WASTED…

“any improvement not made at the constraint is an illusion”

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The Scenario

• E-commerce customer• New website • High data-start times on page load• Poor load testing results• Initial conversation with client• 2 week delay while hosting provider

scaled out the hardware…• Problem still not fixed…

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What’s the root cause of the ~1sec Data Start?

Waterfall Diagram of page load times

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#2Drill down to the

Detail(Code-level)

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Find the slow code!

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#3Faster Feedback

cycles(Agile acceleration)

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CASE STUDY #156X FASTER IN A DAY…

9am to 9pm. 12hrs. 56x faster!

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The Scenario

• New website pre-launch testing• Customer Portal (SaaS solution)• Start Load testing 9am• 4 “Test & Fix” cycles in the day • Final testing completed at 9pm

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The End Results = 56x Average

ResponseThroughput

(Req/sec)Initial Testing 3024ms 16/minFinal Result 54ms 59/min

56x faster 3.5x throughput

Before 3024ms After

54ms

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Nice flat line!

Before

After

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#4Team Work“The Enemy is Performance,

not each other…”

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The Blame Game…

Ops DevQA

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The Fix-It Game…

Ops

DevQA

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APPDYNAMICS LIVE DEMO

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Thank You

operations | availability | performance | scalability | migration | strategy

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DevOpsGuys provide development & operations support (DevOps) services

for your online applications.

You run your business. We run your website.

It’s as simple as that.

What We Do

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Our service portfolio

• 24 x 7 Application-Centric web operations

• DevOps Transformation & Training

• Continuous Delivery implementation

• Infrastructure Automation & “Infrastructure as Code”

• Application Performance Management

• AppDynamics Implementation & Consultancy

• Web Performance consulting

• Web monitoring• Load Testing• Test Automation and

scripting• JetBrains Product

Implementation & Consultancy

• Octopus Deploy implementation

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James Smith (@TheDevMgr)

• 16 years of software delivery experience.

• Proven track record– Pizza Hut– KFC– Dell– RAC– Aviva– Fujitsu Siemens– Whitbread

Steve Thair (@TheOpsMgr)

• 25 years of IT Operations experience.

• Proven track record– Vodafone– Credit Suisse Group– IBM– BNP Paribas– Zurich Financial Services– Totaljobs Group– TSL Education

The Leadership Team

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Contact UsVisit us at www.devopsguys.com

Call our team on +44 (0)20 8798 3079

Email our engineers at [email protected]

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