Ann: JDBInsight 1.1 Standard Edition Now Shipping

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Inspired (http://www.jinspired.com) today announced the availability of JDBInsight
1.1 Standard Edition. This release includes new visualizations that set a new the
standard for ease of use and graphical communication. JDBInsight is the only J2EE
performance profiler to offer low runtime overheads as little as 2%.
Check out the “Visualize the Invisible“ Tour (http://www.jinspired.com/products/jdbinsight/tour.html
Press Release
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Dublin, Ireland—May 15, 2002— Inspired Limited today announced the availability of
JDBInsight 1.1 Standard Edition. The new version includes new visualizations that
set the standard in terms of ease of use and graphical communication. JDBInsight
is the only J2EE performance profiler to offer low runtime overheads as little as
2%. No other profiler or performance-monitoring tool on the market provides this
low level of intrusion while at the same time providing detailed transactional analysis.
JDBInsight analyses the access of enterprise data by J2EE™ client-, web-, and bean
containers. The analysis can encompass transaction executions, spanning multiple
J2EE™ containers. JDBInsight captures timing and execution information for enterprise
data accessed by Servlets, JavaServer Pages, Session- and Entity Beans using JDBC™
or an Entity Bean using a container's persistence engine.
Five Reasons For Choosing JDBInsight to Target J2EE™ Performance Problems
1. Minimal Performance Overhead - During performance test runs of ECperf, JDBInsight
introduced as little as 2% overhead to the runtime. Similar runs with open source
solutions showed 50% degradation in the throughput figures. Using a Java profiler
would result in an even greater degradation, rendering any profiling information
useless.
2. Early Detection - Unlike most other J2EE performance assurance offerings, JDBInsight
enables development teams to target performance from day one. Since most tuning efforts
result in changes to application design and code, it is important this is addressed
early rather than late. JDBInsight enables project management to control development
time and hardware costs.
3. Targets Biggest Bottleneck - Java profilers in most cases cannot identify application
bottlenecks even with application server class and package filtering. The information
that is provided is usually incomplete and without context. JDBInsight focuses specifically
on the expensive interaction between applications and databases.
4. Visualizes the Invisible - With the increasing usage of persistence frameworks
in J2EE™ application development, architects and developers find it impossible to
determine what database interactions are occurring. One of the biggest problems is
that the inner workings are encapsulated, thus testers are limited to black box testing,
slowing down development. JDBInsight provides a visualization of the transactional
nature of a J2EE™ application, unmatched by any other similar offering.
5. Application Server and Database Independent - JDBInsight allows developers to
identify poorly performing SQL, independent of database and trace tools. J2EE™ developers
need not configure a database for tracing, nor spend time learning different tools
for extracting traces. JDBInsight goes far beyond the sophistication of current database
tracing tools, by compacting transaction history trees and providing detailed statistics
at various levels of detail. Developers using different application servers also
benefit from the fact that the product is application server independent.
Raves and Reviews
“[JDBInsight] will be a great help to us in discovering the right path to follow
for optimal J2EE performance”
Senior Engineer, CRM Product
“JDBInsight is a powerful tool for understanding and optimizing J2EE applications
using JDBC. It collects a wealth of data about your running application. It then
presents these data in a GUI that lets the user get in and see what the application
is doing in fascinating and insightful ways. To my knowledge, the product is currently
unique in the market”
Technical Architect, CORBA/J2EE Application Server Product
“JDBInsight was fundamental in providing us with a detailed understanding as to how
our container generated and managed persistence.”
J2EE Consultant, Leading Software Corporation
"I really appreciate [JDBInsight]. Very easy to install (server and GUI). The GUI
is very nice and user friendly. Excellent work !!!"
Project Manager, European Financial Institution
"The product looks really impressive"
Senior Software Developer, Leading Software Design Consultancy Company
“With JDBInsight we were able to perform detailed tests based upon our domain, thus
we were able to make decisions in respect of JDBC drivers.”
Technical Lead, Telecom Product
“This tool might be a very good jewel in our application server product.”
Senior CORBA Consultant, Leading Software Corporation

Answer 1

I have used OMWB with 8.1.7 standard edition. It should work with 8.1.6, try downloading and play with it.
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