BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Improving web response speeds

Because all user interaction with BusinessObjects Enterprise occurs over the Web, you may need to investigate a number of areas to determine exactly where you can improve web response speeds. These are some common aspects of your deployment that you should consider before deciding how to expand BusinessObjects Enterprise:

• Assess your web server's ability to serve the number of users who connect regularly to BusinessObjects Enterprise. Use the administrative tools provided with your web server software (or with your operating system) to determine how well your web server performs. If the web server is indeed limiting web response speeds, consider increasing the web server's hardware.
• If web response speeds are slowed only by report viewing activities, see Increasing scheduled reporting capacity and Increasing on-demand viewing capacity for Crystal reports.
• Take into account the number of users who regularly access your system. If you are running a large deployment, ensure that you have set up a CMS cluster. For details, see Increasing overall system capacity.

If you find that a single application server inadequately services the number of scripting requests made by users who access your system on a regular basis, consider the following options:

Note:    Increase the hardware resources that are available to the application server. If the application server is currently running on the web server, or on a single machine with other BusinessObjects Enterprise components, consider moving the application server to a dedicated machine.BusinessObjects Enterprise does not support the session-replication functionality provided by some Java web application servers.