{"id":5046,"date":"2016-11-22T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2022-08-24T01:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:10:57","slug":"synthetic-apm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/synthetic-apm\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthetic APM \u2013 Application Performance Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Synthetic_APM_is_a_Key_Component_of_an_effective_Application_Performance_Monitoring_Strategy\"><\/span>Synthetic APM is a Key Component of an effective Application Performance Monitoring Strategy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/synthetic-monitoring-1.jpg\" alt=\"Synthetic Monitoring: A Key Component of Application Performance Monitoring Strategy \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/synthetic-monitoring-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/synthetic-monitoring-1-140x93.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As businesses have become increasingly reliant on IT, monitoring the end-user experience has become paramount. Whether applications are web-based, client-server (i.e., thick clients), or use thin client technologies (using technologies like Citrix, Microsoft Remote Desktops, virtual desktops, etc.), end-users need fast and seamless experience, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/what-is-application-performance-monitoring\/\">application performance<\/a> has to be top-notch to deliver superior performance. Conversely, poor user experience has a catastrophic effect on the business:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 1 second increase in page load time for Amazon translates into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigaspaces.com\/blog\/amazon-found-every-100ms-of-latency-cost-them-1-in-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1% drop in sales<\/a> (about $1.6 billion in sales annually).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Google found a delay of 0.5 seconds in search page load time <a href=\"http:\/\/glinden.blogspot.in\/2006\/11\/marissa-mayer-at-web-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dropped traffic by 20%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Essentially, there are two main approaches to monitoring user experience. Real user monitoring (RUM) is based on observing users accessing applications and reporting on the performance they see. While RUM is interesting and useful, there are multiple challenges with analyzing the performance reported.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, what happens if there are no users actively accessing an application? There is no way for an IT manager to determine if the application is available and working well or whether there is a problem.<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, since they are based on the actual activity of users, the metrics collected by RUM are subject to variability factors \u2013 for example,\u00a0the browser used, the activities performed (URLs accessed), the location from which the access\u00a0occurs, the client from which the application is accessed, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/synthetic-monitoring\">synthetic monitoring<\/a> comes in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/what-is-synthetic-monitoring-definition\/\">Synthetic performance monitoring<\/a> works by actively simulating the application(s) being monitored and measuring the availability and responsiveness of the application. By periodically running synthetic monitors, IT managers can be sure to receive alerts when an application becomes unavailable or its response slows down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/synthetic-vs-real-user-monitoring\/\">Unlike RUM, synthetic monitoring <\/a>allows\u00a0you to monitor without the presence of actual users. Also, since the monitoring is done from a specific location(s) and using the same clients, synthetic monitoring provides a consistent measure of performance. Therefore, any changes in performance can be easily analyzed.<\/p>\n<p>In the concluding\u00a0post on this topic, we&#8217;ll discuss the historical evolution\u00a0of synthetic monitoring, key use cases, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/synthetic-monitoring-a-key-component-of-application-performance-monitoring-strategy-part-2\/\">Read part 2\u00a0of the series &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/what-is-synthetic-monitoring-definition\/\">Learn about synthetic monitoring with eG Enterprise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/synthetic-vs-real-user-monitoring\/\">Find out how Synthetic Monitoring and Real User Monitoring can work together<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synthetic APM is a Key Component of an effective Application Performance Monitoring Strategy As businesses have become increasingly reliant on IT, monitoring the end-user experience has become paramount. Whether applications are web-based, client-server (i.e., thick clients), or use thin client technologies (using technologies like Citrix, Microsoft Remote Desktops, virtual desktops, etc.), end-users need fast and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[371],"tags":[349,52,173,348,347],"class_list":["post-5046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-application-performance-monitoring-apm","tag-apm","tag-application-performance-monitoring","tag-java-application-monitoring","tag-real-user-monitoring","tag-synthetic-monitoring"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Synthetic APM - APM Synthetic Monitoring | eG Innovations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Synthetic APM is a key driver for IT success. 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