Solutions

With new technology constantly changing the way we do business, the complexity and demand on networks is growing every day. Network managers need complete visibility to ensure that the network remains stable, secure and optimized while deploying new applications or services. The nMetrics solution provides real-time detailed analysis of application and network performance.

The nMetrics application and network performance monitoring solution is unique in a number of ways:

NetFlow and SPAN/Mirror collection

Data can be collected from many different sources. At the simplest level, each Application Monitor may be configured to collect information from a switch SPAN/mirror port, however a wide range of flow based agents are also supported, including Cisco NetFlow v5 and v9, IPFIX, and jFlow. The centralized collection engine (Traffic Performance Manager) can even be configured to accept information from different flow sources. 

Real time troubleshooting

The Application Monitor provides the who and what of network performance. Operators can address network performance issues in real time by identifying which users and applications are generating the traffic contributing to bandwidth usage. 

Long term capacity planning

Network performance data is stored historically to allow for more comprehensive capacity planning as well as additional functionality such as usage based billing. 

Regional, site and subnet monitoring

Network topology can be logically grouped into regions, sites and individual subnets and hosts. This allows for a hierarchical view of the network, and hence the network performance data to be portrayed. 

Flow based collection

Data can be collected from many different sources. At the simplest level, each Application Monitor may be configured to collect information from a switch SPAN/mirror port, however a wide range of flow based agents are also supported, including Cisco NetFlow v5 and v9, IPFIX, and jFlow. The centralized collection engine (Traffic Performance Manager) can even be configured to accept information from different flow sources. 

Scalable

A range of different hardware appliance platforms are available to allow performance monitoring from very small sites, through to large enterprises. 

Distributed Deployment

Application Monitors can be deployed in a distributed fashion to monitor a domain, or part of the network and each Application Monitor can report back to a centralized collection server, the Traffic Performance Manager (TPM). The TPM uses sophisticated correlation and de-duplication techniques to match like flows and ensure that flow data is not counted twice.