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Without the right tools to help predict application and network performance, many IT network staffs end up planning for the future with little knowledge of an application's impact on the infrastructure. Don't be left in the dark: Turn a light on performance with Vantage Predictor.
This network capacity planning tool allows users to see, in seconds, the effects of traffic or topology changes on the network before they happen. By delivering a wide range of application and network performance reports, Vantage enables IT network staffs to plan network growth in a timely manner, maximize budget constraints and allow the business to grow at an effective rate.
Vantage delivers delay and utilization metrics as well as predictions of where bottlenecks and application response time issues will appear. Even the largest global enterprises can be analyzed rapidly and accurately.
Network capacity planning tasks
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With the Vantage Capacity Planning tool, you can:
- assure service level conformance
- manage bandwidth
- propose upgrades
- assess bottlenecks
- add new users, offices and applications
- plan for network outages
- centralize servers
- model Frame Relay, IP and other protocols
- switch out devices.
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Forecast
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Metrics and reports
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With each analysis, Vantage WAN metrics (bandwidth and latency); delay and utilization metrics; and warnings, alarms and overload information indicate where bottlenecks and application response time problems will appear. Systematic WAN link failures and route analysis also facilitate capacity planning. Reports and charts can be exported easily and posted automatically to a corporate intranet site for further analysis. |
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Web Charts
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Transaction response time analysis
Vantage helps IT network staffs verify response times fall within established service levels before introducing new applications on the network. With Vantage, web-based, ERP, CRM, e-mail and other application transactions can be overlaid on live background traffic to understand how an application will be deployed over a network. This feature permits users to examine alternatives for minimizing response times, such as increasing bandwidth, relocating servers or increasing processor speeds. |
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Response Times
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Performance management for .NET applications
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Once development and testing are complete, management of .NET applications falls into the hands of network operations and application managers. In spite of all the best preparations, failures in deployment will occur. Fine-tuning, troubleshooting, and predicting these failures are the responsibility of Operations. This job is further complicated by the new set of applications .NET adds to the already complex mix. The Vantage suite aids in tuning, troubleshooting and managing growth by providing a comprehensive solution covering the entire .NET infrastructure.
Vantage Predictor provides detailed analysis of .NET applications' impact on both the WAN and complex LAN environments. .NET web services run in several ways. Some take random paths through the Internet; others run on dedicated, expensive WAN links. Additionally, many corporations will run .NET on intranets, where web services are provided internally from remote servers. In any case, bandwidth requirements and link capacities must be carefully analyzed before the applications are deployed. Vantage allows .NET adopters to model their .NET application infrastructure, then estimate how specific links will hold up to increasing and varying amounts of web service traffic. This understanding allows you to plan decisions proactively about link and bandwidth upgrades throughout the entire enterprise, before failures result in lost revenue. |
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