Question

With the deployment of converged networks, it has become more critical than ever to know what is happening on the network. Subpar performance could affect traffic flow for all services utilizing the network infrastructure. This traffic may include, but is not limited to, data, voice, and wireless. As a result of this criticality, it is important to monitor and mitigate the risk of service losses for the performance of the network.

In 3–4 paragraphs, complete the following:

• Research and discuss 2 network monitoring solutions.
• Identify some key features of both solutions.
• Discuss a time when you would leverage either of the 2 solutions. Specify which solution you like best, and why.

Answer 1

Solution

The two network monitoring solutions are:

Real time network monitoring and Physical and virtual server monitoring.

Real time network monitoring:

In real time network monitoring, there are many number of network performance monitors which help in tracking the real time problems such as health monitor, speed, errors and so on.

Key features:

1. It helps in monitoring the health of a person.

2. It calculates the speed and errors.

3.It also analyze the performance of a network.

Physical and virtual server monitoring:

In physical and virtual server monitoring, the monitors will monitor the physical components like CPU, hard-disk, memory utilization and virtual components like Windows and Linux servers. It also monitors the software components like Virtual machines, Host performance, virtualization platforms.

Key features:

1. It helps in maintaining the components smoothly.

2. It monitors the servers of Linux and Windows.

3. It calculates the performance of a host.

I personally recommend the Physical and Virtual server monitoring as it helps in knowing our own technology and can use it with complete advantage.

I would leverage the physical and virtual server monitoring because by using it i can improve the stats of a computer by calculating the performance and with virtualization platforms we can do the real time examples in a software. By the memory utilization we can predict the performance of our own computer.