TIBCO Business Works is one of the most widely used module of TIBCO Software Suite.  TIBCO Business Works is considered highly scalable, robust and reliable platform for developing and designing Integration business processes.  Business Works Engine runs on JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Following configuration changes for JVM can greatly help in improving and fine Tuning TIBCO BW Performance.

BW Engine Heap Size

The amount of memory to be used by BW engine is defined in  bwengine.tra and designer.tra configuration files. By changing the value of this parameter can help tuning TIBCO Business Works performance.

For example, in my TIBCO installation, I changed this value from 256M to 512M which greatly improved my BW Engine performance.

tibco.env.HEAP_SIZE=512M

Java Objects Garbage Collection

Garbage collection is the process of destroying Java objects to release the memory being used. Well optimized garbage collection helps in efficient utilization of memory resources. You can tune performance of Tibco Business Works by changing Java garbage collection parameters in the configuration file.

You can set the Java memory parameters by using the java.extended.properties option in the bwengine.tra configuration file.

For example, specify the following in the bwengine.tra to set the heap size to 512M and retrieve the garbage collection metrics for the engine.

java.extended.properties -Xms512m -Xmx512m -verbose:gc

Additionally, refer to my video tutorial about TIBCO BW Design & Development Best Practices which will help you to apply best practices in your project implementations.

Certain deployment configurations are also essential for performance improvement which are covered in An Overview of Using MAX JOBS, FLOW LIMIT and ACTIVATION LIMIT For Process Configuration tutorial and you may also benefit from those.

Ajmal Abbasi

Ajmal Hussain Abbasi is Integration Consultant By Profession with 13+ years experience in Integration domain mainly with TIBCO products. He has extensive practical knowledge of TIBCO Business Works, TIBCO Cloud, TIBCO Flogo, TIBCO Mashery, TIBCO Spotfire, EMS and TIBCO ActiveSpaces. He has worked on a number of highly critical integration projects in various sectors by using his skills in TIBCO Flogo, TIBCO API Management (Mashery), TCI, Tibco Designer, TIBCO Business Studio, Adapters, TIBCO EMS, RV, Administrator, TIBCO BE, TIBCO ActiveSpaces etc. Ajmal Abbasi has experience with MuleSoft ESB as well. Ajmal Abbasi is also experienced in the area of API Management particularly with WSO2 API management platforms. Ajmal Abbasi is also experienced in developing solutions using Core Java and J2EE Technologies. You can contact Ajmal Abbasi for Consultancy, Technical Assistance and Technical Discussions.

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