Simplifying determination of whether application specific parameters are setup for optimal performance of associated applications

A computing system comprising:

• a set of server systems executing a plurality of applications;
• and
• a monitoring system determining whether an application contained in said plurality of applications is operating with an application specific parameter setup for optimal performance of said application, said monitoring system comprising one or more processors, which are designed to retrieve instructions from a memory and execute the retrieved instructions, to cause said monitoring system to perform the actions of:
• maintaining configuration data indicating that a plurality of monitor programs are associated with respective ones of a plurality of application specific parameters, wherein said configuration data indicates the corresponding monitor program associated with each application specific parameter,
• wherein each monitor program comprises a corresponding set of software instructions, which when executed, is designed to retrieve the current value of the associated application specific parameter;
• receiving from a user an identity of said application and said application specific parameter;
• identifying a monitor program associated with said application specific parameter, wherein said identifying inspects said configuration data to identify that said monitor program is associated with said application specific parameter, wherein said identifying is performed in response to said receiving;
• executing, upon said identifying, the corresponding set of software instructions comprised in said identified monitor program to cause said current value of said application specific parameter and a recommended value to be retrieved;
• and
• comparing said current value with said recommended value of said application specific parameter to determine whether said application specific parameter is setup for optimal performance of said application;
• and
• sending for display to said user, information representing a result of said comparing,
• wherein said identifying, said executing, said comparing and said sending are performed in response to, and upon said receiving of said identity of said application and said parameter from said user such that said user can interactively determine whether desired application specific parameters are setup for optimal performance using said monitoring system.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to determine whether an application is operating with a plurality of application specific parameters setup for optimal performance of said application, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:

• displaying data identifying a plurality of monitor programs associated with respective ones of said plurality of application specific parameters on a display unit, wherein each monitor program comprises a corresponding set of software instructions, which when executed, is designed to retrieve a current value of a corresponding application specific parameter;
• enabling a user to select a monitor program from said plurality of monitor programs, wherein said monitor program is associated with a parameter contained in said plurality of application specific parameters;
• downloading the corresponding set of software instructions comprised in said monitor program and a recommended value from an external system, wherein said downloading is performed in response to said user selecting said monitor program;
• executing the corresponding set of software instructions comprised in said identified monitor program to cause a current value of said parameter to be retrieved;
• comparing said current value with a recommended value of said parameter to determine whether said parameter is setup for optimal performance of said application;
• and
• displaying a result of said comparing on said display unit,
• wherein said identifying, said executing, said comparing and said displaying are performed in response to, and upon said enabling said user such that said user can interactively determine whether desired application specific parameters are setup for optimal performance using said system.