TIBCO iProcess Suite

Platform and Sizing

Considerations
Justin Brunt
Senior Product Manager TIBCO iProcess Suite

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Agenda
Platforms
Platform
Sizing

supported by iProcess Suite

Strategy

Considerations

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Platforms Supported by TIBCO iProcess Suite

Sun

Solaris 8-10 (SPARC)

Oracle 10g/11g
DB2 9.1/9.5

Sun

Solaris (x86)

Oracle 10g/11g

HP-UX

11/11i (PA-RISC)

Oracle 10g/11g

HP-UX

11i (Itanium)

Oracle 10g/11g

IBM

AIX 5L 5.2/5.3 (pSeries)

Oracle 10g/11g
3

DB2 9.1/9.5

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Platforms Supported by TIBCO iProcess Suite

Linux

Red Hat AS/ES 4.x/5.x (x86)

Oracle 10g/11g
DB2 9.1/9.5

SUSE

Enterprise 10.x (x86)

Oracle 10g/11g
DB2 9.1/9.5

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Platforms Supported by TIBCO iProcess Suite

Windows

Server 2003/2008, XP Professional (x86),

Vista
Oracle 10g/11g
SQL Server 2005/2008

64

Bit Operation

iProcess Suite is a 32 bit application

Any Java/JNI components must operate in a 32 JVM
Java based EAI Steps (Java, BusinessWorks Connector, Web Services,

Decisions)
iProcess Server Objects (Java)

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iProcess Suite - Platform Strategy

Windows

Server 2003/2008 (x64)

Oracle 10g/11g
SQL Server 2005/2008

Windows

64

Vista (x86, x64)

Bit Platforms

iProcess Server Objects (Java/.Net) are available as a 64 bit

component

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Sizing Considerations
Not

straight forward to give recommendations

Every

implementation is different

Requires
Typical

a Scoping Study

Considerations include:

Platform
UNIX vs. Windows
Oracle vs. SQL Server vs. DB2

User Population
Processes
Throughput
Integrated Applications and Technologies

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Questions Asked when Sizing iProcess

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Users, Group and Roles

Users
Number of registered users
Number of concurrent logins

Groups

and Roles

Total Number of Groups

Total Number of Roles

Attributes
Average number of extra Attributes per User/Group
Average number of Group Queues visible to each users

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Queues Redirections and Participations

Redirections
Number of queue redirections defined

Participations
Number of queue participations defined
Average number of Users per Participation

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Steps and Fields

Steps
Average number of steps per procedure
Average number of steps released per case
Average number of sub-procedure calls performed per case
Average depth of steps in nested sub-procedures

Fields
Average number of fields assigned per process
Average assigned field size
Memos (often used to hold XML documents)
Average number of Memos per case
Average size of Memo (Kbytes)

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Cases and Work Items

Average

number of case starts per day

Average

number days before cases are purged

Average

number of days before cases are closed

Average

number of steps being performed in

parallel in a case

Average

number of addressees per step

Average

number of steps processed via work

queues (user or broker based steps)

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Case Data Queue Parameters

Number of fields defined as Case Data Queue Parameters

Number of Field Mappings defined as Default CDQPs on User Queues

Number of Field Mappings defined as Default CDQPs on Group

Queues

Number of User Queues with specific CDQP Field Mappings Defined

Average Number of Fields defined as CDQPs on these Specific User

Queues

Number of Group Queues with Specific CDQP Field Mappings

defined

Average number of Fields defined as CDQPs on these Specific Group

Queues

Percentage of all outstanding work items located in (User & Group)

queues with CDQPs defined

Average assigned (i.e. populated) Field size of the CDQPs

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Tables and Lists

Tables/Structures
Total Number of Structures/Tables on system
Average number of Fields per Structure
Average number of Records per Structure

Lists
Total number of Lists on system
Average number of Records per List

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Audit Trail
Average

length of user name to be used

Average

number of custom audit entries per case

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Waits (Synchronization Points) and Deadlines

Waits
Percentage of Live Cases with Waits Outstanding

Deadlines
Frequency of expiry
Number of pending deadlines

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Peak transaction Volumes

Number
Peak

of working hours per day

transaction volume

Case Starts
Releases
Deadlines expiring

Prediction

Service

Continuous or On Demand

Number of Processes enabled for Prediction

Average number of forward steps being predicted per step

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Peak transaction Volumes

Activity

Publication

Number of procedures enabled for Activity Publication

Number of Steps and Actions being published
Average size of data being published for each activity

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Other Applications
Processes

Integrated with other technologies

EAI Steps

Other

Applications

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