The NetDecision Traffic Grapher monitors network and bandwidth usage as well as various other network parameters like memory usage and CPU utilization, providing system administrators with live readings and periodical usage trends to optimize the efficiency, layout, and setup of leased lines, switches, routers, firewalls, servers, and other network components.
Provides out-of-the-box graphs and dashboards for CPU utilization, memory usage, disk space usage, interface utilization, service response times etc.
Monitoring Methods
* SNMP is the basic method of gathering bandwidth and network usage data. It can be used to monitor bandwidth usage of routers and switches port-by-port as well as device readings like memory, CPU load etc.
* Generic (script based). With NetDecision Script Language provides monitoring functions to aquire data from file system, XML, ftp, Eventlog, read data via TCP/UDP, WMI, etc.
* Data aggregation (Fromula based). Allows to calculate resulting values data on several monitored values according to provided expression
Features
* Runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.
* Comes with the set of preconfigured generic script monitors.
* Provides automatic Network Discovery for easy monitor set up.
* Allows unlimited number of monitors in the system.
* Intuitive Windows user interface for data configuration and retrieval.
* Provides configuration wizards for novice users.
* Results are shown in graphs that can be customized.
* Provides dashboard panel with custom gauge indicators for more convinient reading of results.
* Distributed client-server application architecture allows multiple clients to connect to a single server that performs data monitoring.
* Complete MIB support. Any vendor MIB can be compiled and used in NetDecision Traffic Grapher to pick up OIDs for monitoring.
* OID library allows to maintain the collection of most commonly used OIDs for quick configuration.
* Customizable user interface.
