RootCause is a powerful and flexible tool for instrumenting software applications in the post-development environment. With RootCause, you can pinpoint performance bottlenecks, track down memory leaks, and resolve bugs in complex software applications faster.

When you can't use development tools because their overhead is too high, try RootCause. RootCause is highly non-invasive, perfect for resolving problems that are discovered during integration or after the application has been deployed.

Why RootCause is Different

CONTROL Create your own instrumentation, specific to your application or to the problem you are trying to solve. The instrumentation is accomplished with probes that are written in standard C or Java, making them easy to build.

• You can enable, modify, or disable probes dynamically, in real time, as the application runs. The instrumentation is inserted as the application executes, so there are no changes to any application files stored on disk.

POWER RootCause takes you deeper into your application to capture information other tools cant reach.

• Since RootCause does not require access to source or compiled code, it can instrument third-party applications, including shared libraries, Java Virtual Machines, application servers, and dynamic components. RootCause also crosses JNI boundaries to instrument legacy code. You can capture information on all the components of your application.

PRECISION The longer your application runs with the RootCause probes, the closer you get to pinpointing the exact section of code that is causing the problem.

• You can drill down to the source-code level if you have access to source. If you dont have source or compiled code, instrumenting the runtime APIs upon which the application is built can provide the information you need.

More information

	What data can you obtain with RootCause?
	Read how SAS uses RootCause.
	Read about Aprobe, the software instrumentation technology upon which RootCause is built. Available on GSA schedule—contact us for details.