Even though there has been a huge adoption of virtual environments, the recent Network Instruments "State of the Network Global Study" came out,and shows that three quarters of networks lack the appropriate tools, and visibility.
Here is the original press release on the study.
Read More...As people expand the number of applications running in virtual environments, they need to look at visibility whether they can monitor and analyze virtual traffic for ensuring performance or security.
Most companies handle this by placing appliances on the physical network and tracking VM communications when they hit the physical network. This however ignores communications that stay within the virtual host.
If you have multiple VMs within the same virtual host communicating with each other, you’d need to place a software analyzer or probe within the virtual host to monitor the internal communications.
Read More...Network Instruments has announced their “Destination Performance” tour. Here’s their announcement:
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Network Instruments, a leading provider of innovative analysis solutions for in-depth network intelligence and continuous availability, today announced the release of the GigaStor 2TE. The 2 terabyte appliance captures and stores every network packet and transaction for replay, troubleshooting, and reporting.
“GigaStor’s success has increased substantially as retrospective network analysis technology has shifted from an emerging technology to being the primary way organizations troubleshoot network problems at the core,” said Douglas Smith, president and co-founder of Network Instruments. “The GigaStor 2TE allows our customers to easily and affordably extend back-in-time power to the network edge.”
