WEBARM enables end-to-end response time measurement for Web applications through Web page instrumentation. WEBARM-agents are
a form of mobile code capable of moving with the Web application to monitor response time. WEBARM includes the software components
responsible for interception and processing of the WEBARM API calls including support for response time measurement, collection,
and communication. This work provides an assessment of WEBARM instrumentation impact on application response times as well
as insights into the design issues involved. We first provide a general overview of alternative approaches to Web response
time measurement. We then consider alternative WEBARM agent software designs, focusing on techniques to store timers across
Web page references and communicate logged data to a server. Next, we present measurement results for the implementation alternatives
to provide insight into the overhead involved with instrumentation and the developed designs. Finally, we present conclusions
and a description of future work