Data Center & Virtualization
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Virtual Computing Environments Today
Virtual computing environments allow organizations to move from a single server, single application model to a model that can share resources for multiple virtualized applications within one physical server. IT organizations can minimize cost, power consumption and physical rack space by turning to virtualized computing environments to host key applications, services and data. This transition maximizes the value of the physical server resources while at the same time dynamically reacting to the application delivery needs of the business.
All the complexity of successfully operating a modern IP network in the physical realm apply even more so to the virtual realm. Virtual servers exist within a physical server, which limits the ability to apply traditional monitoring technology inside the server. IT managers have looked to NetScout Systems to extend the same functionality they have relied upon to manage application delivery over the physical infrastructure to the virtual computing environment.
Managing Computing Environments
Addressing the need for visibility into the void created by server virtualization, the nGenius® Service Assurance Solution extends core NetScout data abstraction technology inside virtualized physical servers and correlates performance metrics across hundreds of intelligent data sources to provide end-to-end visibility into service delivery. Behavior analytics and alerts allow IT managers to detect new virtual application instances and track dynamic location changes that would be otherwise difficult to determine. This correlation and visibility into data center services enables customers to optimize virtual infrastructure investments, protect against virtualized service degradations, and simplify the operation of complex virtual and physical environments.
- View service delivery across virtual and physical environments for a comprehensive, unified view of application and network performance that enables unprecedented visibility into complex modern IP networks
- Recognize usage trends and identify where capacity may be reaching its upper limits, delivering critical insight into how the service delivery environment is growing, which areas need to be addressed from a capacity perspective, or how applications or users can be redistributed to balance the load of virtual applications across physical server farms
- Validate new services and adherence to service delivery policies by delivering real-time and historical views of newly implemented virtualized services in order to determine if they are performing as specified
- Automatically identify physical location changes, additions and unavailability of application virtual machines, in order to properly address service delivery issues prior to the end-user being impacted
Support for VMware®
The nGenius Service Assurance Solution supports VMware release versions ESX/ESXi 3.5, ESX/ESXi 4 and vSphere 4.
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Enabling Products
To find out more information about NetScout’s nGenius and Sniffer products click on the appropriate links below:
- nGenius K2 Service Delivery Manager - Assures the availability and performance of business services with at-a-glance status and early warning of performance degradations of service traffic
- nGenius Performance Manager - Comprehensive software for network and application performance, service validation and optimization and planning across the modern IP network
- Sniffer® Intelligence - Focused application and voice performance analysis for the modern IP network
- nGenius InfiniStream Deep Packet Capture Appliances - Dedicated intelligent deep packet capture appliances to support service assurance and unparalleled application and network performance analysis
- nGenius Virtual Agent - Software-based intelligent data source for virtual computing environments that delivers critical visibility to traffic inside virtualized servers.
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