Providing server performance decision support

A computing device for providing server performance decision support, the computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing an application and causing services associated with the application to analyze server performance, wherein the processor is configured to:
• monitor transaction data of a server;
• capture a sample of the transaction data of the server;
• analyze the sample to determine performance metrics for the server by:
• employing a data-structure technology analysis to generate high performance queries;
• providing self-service business intelligence for managing server performance monitoring to end users through the high performance queries;
• and
• present the performance metrics in a business intelligence data structure.

A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon for providing server performance decision support, the instructions comprising:

• monitoring transaction data of a server;
• capturing a grain of the transaction data of the server, wherein the grain is a sample of the transaction data captured according to a predefined length of the grain;
• analyzing the grain to determine performance metrics for the server by:
• utilizing a data-structure technology analysis to generate high performance queries;
• providing self-service business intelligence to end users through the high performance queries;
• and
• presenting the performance metrics in a business intelligence data structure.