Re: Tools: Network Performance/Optimization/Service Monitoring

Info Vista is a great tool for Performance management and Capacity planning

Syed Ahsan Mohiuddin
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Cisco Systems
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> On 27 Jan 2015, at 22:52, Cisco Fanatic <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank You all for replying to my query. I have downloaded SolarWinds and will
> try to run some numbers in my lab.
>
> One more thing I need to understand is that if there are any data trending
> tools out there?
>
> Why do we need these tools? Are they kind of Capacity Management tools?
>
> Yuri
>
>
>
>
>> From: qstyk_at_gte.net
>> To: martin1.schumacher_at_gmail.com; qstyk_at_gte.net
>> CC: kaelwyoung_at_netscape.net; marcabel_at_gmail.com; ebay_products_at_hotmail.com;
> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> Subject: RE: Tools: Network Performance/Optimization/Service Monitoring
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:54:53 +0000
>>
>> You're thinking of the NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer, which is their Netflow
> collector. That's a different application and other than a good UI in the
> demos, I can't say I have any experience with it. SuperAgent is layer 7 aware
> and used troubleshoot application performance issues.
>>
>> The NetQoS suite had been good about being able to drill drown into the
> graphs, whether as others would usually make you generate reports for each
> view.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin Schumacher [mailto:martin1.schumacher_at_gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 3:48 AM
>> To: qstyk_at_gte.net
>> Cc: Karl Young; marc abel; Cisco Fanatic; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Re: Tools: Network Performance/Optimization/Service Monitoring
>>
>> NetQos had some drawbacks compared to the netflow tracker (fluke). Also the
> fluke tool (renamed recently) does not only do netflow but also used for
> performance, voice quality and other some other things. Worth looking at. It
> all depends on what you want to measure or monitor.
>>
>> Br
>>
>> Martin Schumacher
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am 23.01.2015 um 03:41 schrieb "qstyk_at_gte.net" <qstyk_at_gte.net>:
>>>
>>> Also worth considering, is something that used to be called NetQoS
> SuperAgent, but was purchased by CA and is now called CA Application Delivery
> Analysis. We had used this product to troubleshoot LDAP issues, in the past.
> This is an advanced, elegant tool, but is priced accordingly.
>>>
>>> I'd also like to second the recommendation for IP SLA, but recommend not
> configuring either the poller or responder on anything running BGP. The BGP
> scanner process can briefly peg a CPU, which radically skews your results.
> Some of the newer hardware requires more advanced licensing for IP SLA, but
> most of the older stuff has it included.
>>>
>>> iPerf is also helpful and free.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Jon
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Karl Young
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 5:58 PM
>>> To: marc abel
>>> Cc: Cisco Fanatic; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>> Subject: Re: Tools: Network Performance/Optimization/Service
>>> Monitoring
>>>
>>> Marc,
>>> Take a look at the Cisco NAM. Network Access Module.
>>> Karl .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jan 22, 2015, at 17:50, marc abel <marcabel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It depends on how deep you want to go with it.
>>>>
>>>> You can setup IP SLAs on your routers and gather the information you
>>>> are looking for. This will be command line only however so next you
>>>> might look at the free Solar Winds IP SLA Monitor utility. Then if
>>>> you are looking for something even more robust you could look at
>>>> their paid "Voip and Quality Manager" product.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/ip_sla_monitor/
>>>>
>>>> -Marc
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Cisco Fanatic
>>>> <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ALL,
>>>>> You all must have encountered lot of network performance,
>>>>> optimization and monitoring tools in your job. The frustration is
>>>>> that there is no one tool in the market which can do all what a
>>>>> Network Engineer or a company needs.
>>>>> I am trying to do a mini-project to analyze for myself and determine
>>>>> how I can measure network Layer 3 performance and can look at the
>>>>> metrics for jitter, packet loss, latency etc. If everything can be
>>>>> be viewed as a dashboard.
>>>>> Does anyone have any recommendations for me to start with?
>>>>> Yuri
>>>>>
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