Performance Tuning for Content Manager

4 Performance Tuning for Content Manager

1.1 Introduction

IBM DB2 Content Manager Enterprise Edition provides a flexible system that can

be used to manage unstructured content according to business needs.

Installable on Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris™, Linux, and IBM z/OS

platforms, Content Manager provides a complete solution for storing and

retrieving documents in almost any format. A companion product, Content

Manager Standard Edition, provides similar functions for IBM iSeries™ users.

Content Manager features include:

 Support for multiple operating systems

 A Java-based tool for managing the system

 Client options including browser access

 Support for business documents of almost every kind

 Administration tools for defining users and user privileges, defining data

models, and providing ways to manage your servers and data

 Efficient methods for keeping the system secure

 Document routing to manage the flow of work through the system

1.2 Content Manager system components

The Content Manager system is scalable to fit the needs of small, medium, and

large-scale businesses. The main system components that make up a Content

Manager system are:

 Library Server

 Resource Manager

 Clients

Content Manager

clients include the system administration client, Client for

Windows, Information Integrator for Content system administration client, and

eClient. The clients running either in user desktops or in mid-tier application

servers (such as WebSphere Application Server) invoke Content Manager

services that are divided between a Library Server and one or more Resource

Managers. The

Library Server manages the content metadata and is

responsible for access control to all of the content and interfaces to one or more

Resource Managers. The

Resource Managers, using WebSphere Application

Server and Tivoli Storage Manager, manage the content objects. Contents can

be stored on any devices supported by Tivoli Storage Manager, including DASD,

optical, and tape.