HP WebQoS Software manual How WebQoS Fits Into Your Environment, WebQoS in Your Environment

Understanding HP WebQoS

How WebQoS Fits Into Your Environment

	How WebQoS Fits Into Your Environment
	WebQoS, which includes a set of extensions to HP-UX, works with your
	web server and application servers for all of your web-enabled
	applications. Refer to Figure 1-1, "WebQoS in Your Environment".
Figure 1-1	WebQoS in Your Environment

To ensure acceptable web-based interactions between you and your customers, all parts of your web environment (client, network, web server, and application server which includes an application) must work together efficiently and effectively. The network alone cannot deliver acceptable service levels if the server is creating delays due to excessive demand or component failures. The server alone cannot deliver acceptable service levels if the network is exhibiting bottlenecks.

The following describes briefly the function of each part of the environment:

•The client identifies itself and initiates requests.

•The network distinguishes class priorities and routes priority packets efficiently while delivering best effort service to lower priority packets.

•The web server distinguishes WebQoS request priorities and manipulates operating system scheduling policies and resource management policies to ensure high priority service requests are processed quickly.

•The application server contains an application with the processing rules that enables service requests to be classified and handled by the server and network.

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