Business Process Automation - Performance and Capacity Planning with BPEL

The Performance and Capacity Planning Method for BPEL4WS-based BusinessProcess Automation refers to the ability to predict resource consumptionof a defined set of business processes automatically executed on an ITserver system. A prediction model integrates all factors that influence a resourceconsumption prediction into a single tool. On the basis of a predictionmodel an accurate hardware configuration can be proposed which is able torun the defined set of business processes with the required throughput.This book gives a complete overview of how to develop verify and apply aperformance and capacity planning method for BPEL-based processes in general.In particular the performance and capacity planning method isestablished for BPEL-based business processes on IBM WebSphere software.This includes the WebSphere Process Choreographer Version 5.1 workflowengine of the WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation Version 5.1WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 andthe DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1.