VXLAN Network: a network between virtual machines, wherever they are The development of VXLAN technology or extensible virtual networks is usually associated with the implementation of service provider company platforms. However, the fundamental idea around VXLAN is applicable to any platform and arises to …
Citrix NetScaler Monitoring Integrated with Pandora FMS In this article, we offer you the possibility to make an approach to the issue of Citrix NetScaler monitoring, based on the scope of this product line and the visibility challenges involved, to finally propose the solution …
Introduction to WAN Load Balancers Monitoring Since load balancers are active devices that can be included in the design of a WAN, the question arises: Should we adapt our monitoring scheme to include something that could be called Load Balancer Monitoring? To answer this …
VDI Monitoring: All you need to know to face the Challenge The decision to introduce Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technology is not an easy one. One of the most important aspects to consider is precisely the administration and monitoring of VDI. From the point …
Dark fiber: concept, pros, cons, challenges and monitoring There is a very interesting alternative in the market in terms of communications services; we refer to the possibility of leasing or buying dark fiber segments. Since the 90s of the last century, many companies have …
Hyperconvergence and its challenges for monitoring Hyperconvergence, hyperconvergent platforms, hyperconvergent modules, are relatively new terms in the world of data centers. In addition, each technology that emerges or evolves and succeeds in penetrating the market represents new challenges for monitoring platforms. Thus, hyperconvergence is …
Deep Packet Inspection: is this the Future of Analysers? Since all technology traffic analysers have evolved, and in order to answer the question of what the next step in this evolution is many experts suggest that the deep packet inspection is the point to …
Traffic Analyzers: What do they do and how are they used? When we are faced with a performance problem related to those responsible for the applications and those responsible for the network platform, we usually think about how useful it would be to have …
Unicast Flooding Traffic: root cause and monitoring Unicast Flooding Traffic is associated with the learning process of network switches. In fact, with this method, switches identify the MAC addresses of the devices that are accessible by each of their ports, thus constructing a table …
Network blind spots: visibility, monitoring and security issues Network blind spots study is framed within a field controlled by three well interconnected elements: monitoring, security and visibility. Here are the two main principles that rule over this universe and are relevant to the topic …
WAN monitoring and the Internet-based model When we think about WAN monitoring we usually start from the basics: the behaviour of remote communication links will directly affect the performance of our applications. Therefore, we understand that if traffic over the communications link experiences high …
Anomaly detection within monitoring. Let’s go deeper into this subject In a previous post we introduced anomaly detection as a group of techniques used to identify unusual behavior that does not comply with expected data pattern. In this article we will find out how …
Anomaly Detection in monitoring: problems we can resolve with it In recent years we have frequently found the term anomaly detection in monitoring. In fact, some monitoring tools have introduced in their features the customized application of anomaly detection algorithms and some companies offer …
Wireless Monitoring: Relevance and Tools The concept “Wireless Monitoring” is quite broad. In fact, it covers all wirelessly instrumented communications platforms and the monitoring we can do on them. We are talking about everything from the short-range signal of a Bluetooth device to sensors …
Software Versioning: a dialogue between Developers and Users Software versioning All companies that develop and market software implement a versioning scheme that, in addition to defining and organizing the work of developers, aims to establish a communication between the company and users. By reviewing …
Data Center Monitoring: The basis for defining a service The term Data Center Monitoring is used in the communications plan of some companies as if it were a product specially designed for this area. However, when it comes to these ideas we believe that …
Network TAP: three situations in which they are necessary Network TAP (Terminal Access Point or Test Access Point) is the most common hardware device used for network traffic capture purpose. A Network TAP is basically a hardware designed to access the traffic between two …
DNS Monitoring: Reasons and elements to be included When we think of DNS (Domain Name System), there are two thoughts that we all assume to be true and that become natural justifications for the development of a DNS Monitoring scheme: If the DNS system …
Mainframe Monitoring: Introduction, Challenges and Tools Either because we are implementing an integral monitoring platform, because we want to monitor a data centre or because we need to monitor an application, sooner or later we will have to face the issue of Mainframe Monitoring. …
What is LPWAN? An introduction to the IoT communications protocol LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network), also known as LPWA or LPN, is a wireless data transport protocol that is now understood as one of the basic protocols for the implementation of IoT. In …
Serverless: An introduction and new challenges for monitoring Among other terms under the umbrella concept of cloud computing, we can find the Serverless technology which we have witnessed its growing popularity in the last three years. In principle, the cloud computing concept covers three …
SDN: Challenges for Network Administrator’s and Monitoring Last December, Acumen Research and Consulting, a global provider of market research, published a report titled “Software Defined Network (SDN) Market” where they estimated a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47% for SDN in the period …
IT Asset Management: Concept, benefits and implementation challenges Most of the companies that develop monitoring systems include within their proposals products associated with IT Asset Management (ITAM) processes. This is sensible if we consider that the processes of collection, maintenance and presentation of the …
Observability: a systems’ attribute and its possible influence in Monitoring We have been listening to the term Observability for a while now, always associated with Monitoring and even though the term changes meaning depending on the article we are reading or the conference we …
Docker Monitoring: Challenges introduced by containers and microservices Since its official launch in 2013, Docker has been reporting significant annual growth in their number of users. This is a good reason why most of the monitoring tools have made efforts to implement solutions for …
Log Monitoring: What should we do before we start? Nowadays the most successful monitoring tools have among their options the possibility of monitoring logs. In addition we can find in the market many log management and analytics tools. On the other hand log analysis …
DevOps: What different roles and challenges should Monitoring face? DevOps is a software development methodology that owes its name to the acronym: Dev from development and Ops from operations. That is why DevOps has perhaps unified and simplified two traditionally bad integrated work groups: …
Application Performance Monitoring: an introduction on traffic analysis. One of our main concerns as IT responsible is without any doubt business application performance monitoring. If we are facing problems like low performance, recurring failures or even wrong output in our applications it could be …
WEB Performance Optimization: Basic concepts for a successful process It is undeniable that technology and marketing show great interest in activities associated with web performance optimization processes. Out there we can read about web speed tools, minimizing CCS and JS files, tips for web …
Root Cause Analysis and Monitoring Tools: How can they work on complex platforms? Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and monitoring tools have been related for a while, but what is Root Cause Analysis and how is it applied in the world of network and application …
Network optimization by correcting errors that generate unnecessary Broadcast Network optimization uses platform traffic monitoring as a way to identify performance problems and at best, to prevent these. When we monitor a network segment we can observe both Unicast traffic and Broadcast and Multicast …
Help desk system: Communication as key to overcoming user’s change resistance The implementation process of a help desk system in any organization never starts from zero. Regularly, all companies have defined a procedure through which their customers can contact the technical support staff in …
JBoss monitoring: revision of its theoretical base for its implementation JBoss, the application server developed in Java EE, has become one of the most use free software alternatives for tools such as IBM Websphere and Oracle WebLogic. Hence, the growing interest among administrators and …
Percona, what is it and why you should forget about MySQL for good. What is Percona? Let’s start at the very beginning, what is Percona? Percona Server started out as a fork of MySQL that promised from the beginning to provide a platform of …