Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for monitoring the performance of an application. The invention includes a monitoring system graphical user interface (GUI) having an interactive window with on-screen graphics representative of the application architecture and component performance. The GUI comprises straightforward and intuitive icons, panels, and dataflows, representing the existence, capacity, or number of processes, memory structures, and the like of the application being monitored. In addition, the monitoring system includes an alert firing mechanism and process for alerting an administrator to potential or actual performance problems in the application.

Abstract: The invention is a reorganization planning system having a reorganization planner, a database management system, and one or more database files. The reorganization planner communicates with the database management system and the one or more database files to develop a reorganization plan for reorganizing one or more objects of the database files. According to various embodiments, the reorganization planner also provides for in-place object reorganization and application of a benefit threshold. The benefit threshold limits the number of objects recommended for reorganization.