mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

13.2. Real-World Performance Data Sources

If necessary to your unique testing endeavors, collecting all of the data mentioned in the previous section could require something like pulling the output or log files from six to seven discrete testing and monitoring tools. Or a single enterprise systems-management console coupled with the appropriate technology-stack-specific data collection agents can be configured instead. In addition, many of these data are actually available through SAP CCMS as well, or can be extracted from a test-tool console. So where's the best place to get your data, and why is one approach preferred over another in some cases? The answers can be found in the next few sections, where we look at the various data repositories ...