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It's 2014 and simple bandwidth saturation continues to be one of the most common network problems. Every time we make advances in data transit rates, we seem to find new ways to use more bandwidth. Or is it the other way around? QoS helps us use the bandwidth we have more effectively, but adds a layer of complexity.…
As the excitement builds for NPM 11 release, you should begin to consider the best options for sending data to your Network Packet Analysis Sensor (NPAS). Highlighted in NPM 11 - Packet Analysis Sensor Deployment Considerations, we briefly discussed how to capture and export data over to the NPAS. Figure 1 shows the…
My company provides remote desktop solutions built on windows RDS envionment. Gateways, connection brokers and session hosts. We are currently using solarwinds NPM for monitoring remote networks and are looking to implement the QoE feature to help pin point the cause of latency reports, network vs application response…
In part 1 of this series we covered some of the most prevalent and most promising cybersecurity models and frameworks available today. These are all tools that can help you determine the size and shape of the current information security landscape, and where you and your organization are within it. We also realized that…
Overview New for NPM 11.0 is the exciting Quality of Experience (QoE) dashboard. The QoE dashboard uses deep packet inspection to provide the ability to easily determine whether a performance issue stems from application server slowness, or an issue with the underlying network. The two key metrics we surface in QoE to help…
We rolled out a dedicated NPAS sensor to capture traffic in one of our data centers. We doing some monitoring for SQL traffic for a couple of servers, HTTP for a few web boxes, and a print server. While trolling the data I noticed that I get gaps in the data in some of the graphs for some of the servers. (See below.) The…
A recap of the previous month’s notable tech news items, blog posts, white papers, video, events, etc. - For the week ending Tuesday, Sep 30th, 2014. News Did VMware dismiss physical networking? This week, analysts discuss the future of physical networking, the networking benefits midmarket companies enjoy and security…
Here is the TLDR; for this article. We noticed that the TTFB via the QoE HTTP monitor (you're using DPI via QoE, right? It's free now -- you really should.) spikes up. At the same time we see a corresponding spike in data volume. I need some advice on tracking down the source of the increased volume. Help me Thwack, you…
Over the course of the last few weeks we have held a number of webinars with customers about NPM version 11 and the new deep packet inspection and analysis capabilities. Throughout those webinars, a number of common questions have come up. Below you will find a list of FAQs that we hope will address most of those…
Top three new monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities every SolarWinds customer should learn to use (and that we’ll be demonstrating during our Lunch & Learn at Cisco Live) See how to use and set up these dashboards at the SolarWinds Lunch & Learn, Monday, June 8 in San Diego, during Cisco Live. Sign Up In Advance…
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