Designing WebSphere Application Server for performance: an evolutionary approach.

From: IBM Systems Journal | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Willenborg, R.; Brown, K.; Cuomo, G. | Copyright information

Performance and scalability are critical elements for a successful Web site and therefore, are fundamental design criteria for the IBM WebSphere[R] platform. This paper focuses on the evolution of IBM WebSphere Application Server performance and scalability features, the improvements that were achieved, and directions for future work. There are three design principles underlying the success of WebSphere: (1) optimize the design for the predominant (no-failure) case, (2) make finite resource...

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