Dynatrace has the solution that is meant to improve any
company’s digital performance. In order
to accomplish this feat, multiple levels of routines are available to any
company looking to improve their current application physique. There are a lot of individuals and teams who
are not happy with what they see when looking at the shape of their
application. While others are content,
but still have thoughts of, “What can I do to improve my confidence”? Dynatrace is your one stop shop regardless if
you need a complete lifestyle change, or just want to tone discrete areas of
your application body.
Gym Membership
Ruxit
Ruxit is the platform for teams whom have decided, “Something
needs to change”.
This starting step
requires the admission that the current way of monitoring the environment is no
longer capable of keeping up.
Simple commitments
need to be taken in order to start the path to a healthier environment.
With Ruxit’s repeatable payment options, it
is the perfect choice for organizations that would like to become more
efficient.
This step normally opens up
the door to further development and understanding of the delivery process
within an organization.
It can lead to
deeper workouts into teams’ applications, but can also be sufficient for certain
groups.
Stretching
Synthetics
Every good routine starts off with a warm up.
Whether it is testing the muscles current
ability, or preparing for the workout ahead, anyone who is serious about
getting fit needs to prepare prior to the “real load” is added.
Synthetics cover this aspect of digital
performance fitness quite well.
Even
long after the work out is complete, synthetics allow for the team to
understand the health of the system.
Synthetics can pinpoint issues within a system even when there are no
real users interacting with it.
Which
would you rather have, an alert that says the system went down at 2AM, or a
horde of end users calling in complaining they cannot log in at 8AM.
By this point, stretching exercises are a
common practice in the field, and some people may say that it is
commoditized.
Dynatrace Synthetics are
specifically designed to capture end user experience and are fully integrated
in with the rest of the workout.
Cardio
DCRUM
Endurance is key to any body that wants to be fit.
Being able to run long distances requires
awareness of the complete body from stride form to proper breathing
habits.
DCRUM offers the “far and wide”
approach as well.
DCRUM is meant for ensuring
that all components are constantly working on the long workouts where the
applications are relying on multiple systems to work.
DCRUM will not only worry about core service
like application tiers, but items such as network devices and packet communication.
DCRUM provides companies the ability to automatically
determine the specific fault domain where the issue is happening.
Maybe the issue resides in a sore load
balancer.
Or maybe there is a problem
with packet flow after a few hours.
DCRUM can help identify these issues, so steps can be taken to isolate
the problem to that tier.
This is to
prevent the generic “I have to stop because I can’t go on” excuse.
This prevents the war room approach and
focuses efforts on the problematic tier as opposed to unnecessary diagnostic
efforts.
DCRUM is language agnostic and
focuses easily on covering the whole environment.
Weight Training
Dynatrace Application Monitoring
Focusing on key muscle groups will bring noticeable changes
to ones physique.
An individual can
customize routines to focus on area’s they consider a part of their core.
For digital assets, this could be a deep look
and workout of a specific java tier.
Dynatrace Application Monitoring is meant for finding out the deep why
of problems.
If the ankle is sore, is it
because of the problem in the code, or the communication it receives from the
web server.
Every member of Dynatrace
Application Monitoring will have certain weaknesses the team would like to
address.
Once those weaknesses become
strengths, other parts of the application body can be focused on.
Dynatrace Application Monitoring has the
ability to focus on major muscle groups like Java, .NET, PHP, Node.JS, Message
Brokers, Web Servers, Native, Mainframe, Databases, and can go all the way to
track end users sessions from native mobile apps, mobile web, and desktop
interactions.
Multiple muscle groups can
be included in a single workout.
And the
individual can notice the differences and compare the problematic areas of not
only the front end services, but the interaction between the front and back end
services in a never before seen depth.
Personal Trainers
Enablement Services
You will eventually plateau.
There is a limit to one individual’s knowledge of fitness and performance.
This is why Dynatrace offers an
Enablement Services program.
Our professional team
is not designed to do the workout for you.
They are field experts that have multiple clients and can help coach
your organization in current best practices and new routines that will take
your digital assets to the next level.
Sometimes they may be brash, but they are always there to push you
beyond what you may think you are capable of.
They are offered for all of the workout types listed above and come in
many different packages to meet your current requirements.
To reiterate; Enablement services are not
designed to rack the weights and do the lifting for you.
Enablement services are available to show you
proper form and technique, so you yourself can take your application to the
next level.
The Obstacle Course
Production
Fundamentally you are not building applications to have the
quickest response time or the most efficient application processes. A digital asset exists to serve end users.
This is why production is separated out into a category of its own. No one in their right mind would say “I am
going to run ten miles today” if their longest run up until that point is less
than five. This also means an
organization should not say, “I am going to launch an application that one
million users will use” without proper preparation. This is where Dynatrace really separates
itself from any other partner today. We
are focused on making you sweat in development, test, and performance
environments, but do so in a way that maximizes your time. Dynatrace wants to see you call a single
developer when a load test throws a failure; as opposed to thinking the whole
body needs to investigate what the issue is.
Do not misinterpret this article, as Dynatrace is not ready for
production. In fact, Dynatrace is
amazing for production awareness. You
will still be monitoring your heart rate in production with DCRUM just as you
will still be aware of your individual muscles performance from Dynatrace
Application Monitoring and you will still have time at the water stations for a
quick stretch to see how the system is from Synthetics. Dynatrace will still always be there,
cheering you on from the sideline as you pass competition and shatter
expectations, even the ones you had of yourself.