All-in-One Troubleshooting with Observer Suite

 

Observer Suite is your one-stop troubleshooting powerhouse. It contains all the features of Observer Expert, including Expert Analysis, VoIP tools, in-depth application analysis, Connection Dynamics, stream reconstruction, and more, plus support for SNMP and RMON device management.

 

You get all this, plus the ability to generate and share reports via the web, add custom decode modules for use in proprietary environments, and extract data from external sources using SOAP.

 

You can download a limited demo of Observer by clicking here. Don't hesitate to contact us for a more detailed product evaluation.

 

 

 

What's New in Observer 14

 

Our newest Observer platform unites high-level application performance monitoring with deep-dive packet-level problem solving analytics. Explore our new completely customizable performance dashboards—designed for quick assessment of network and application health and a gateway to problem resolution. Use Observer’s new baselining capabilities to better plan and optimize network and application performance and now set alarms for baseline deviation for more proactive problem solving.

 

Take advantage of these new features:

 

• Stay on top of mission critical applications with performance dashboards
• Reduce MTTR through new solution-centric workflows
• View baselines of all performance and time-based metrics
• Set immediate notifications to alert on degrading performance
• Monitor performance beyond response time of more applications
• Expand NetFlow’s high-level visibility to any network device

 

Observer comes also Standard or Expert mode. Click here for a features comparison chart of all three different modes.

 

 

 

Seamless Probe-Console Connectivity

 

Network Instruments offers a complete line of software and hardware probes for monitoring network activity across multiple topologies. Choose from a variety of probes to meet your specific needs. Use probes for troubleshooting, collecting NetFlow data, proactive monitoring, long-term data collection, or network forensics.

 

Probe Advantages

• Gain insight and visibility into the entire network
• Manage remote networks as easily as local
• Aggregate information across sites for global health

 

Topologies Supported

• LAN
• WAN & OC
• Gigabit & 10 Gb
• Fibre Channel
• Wireless (802.11 a/b/g/n)

 

See a Probe Deployment Diagram

 

 

Rewind Your Network with Gigastor

 

Stop missing critical network events. Instead, rewind your network to quickly troubleshoot sporadic performance problems.

 

The GigaStor network recorder provides massive data collection and unique time-based analysis that eliminate the need to recreate problems, rapidly decreasing resolution time.

 

Storing up to 576 TB of network data for days, weeks, or months, our network recorder eliminates finger-pointing between network and application teams by providing proof of what occurred. Use GigaStor to navigate to the exact moment a problem happened, and see a detailed packet-level view of before, during, and after the occurrence. Monitor LAN, WAN, Ethernet, Gigabit, 10 Gb, OC, and Fibre Channel networks.

 

Top-Down Performance Management with Observer Reporting Server

 

Observer Reporting Server (ORS) offers a top-down approach that combines enterprise-wide views, macro- and micro-level reporting, and deep drill-down for problem resolution.

 

ORS serves as your performance management center by combining packet-based analytics along with NetFlow, SNMP, WMI, IP SLA, WAAS, NBAR, and sFlow® metrics to provide an overall view of network, system, application, and infrastructure health. Using solution-centric workflows, navigate quickly from high-level performance reports to the root-cause.

 

• Baseline and quickly assess performance of systems, applications, and servers
• Drill from performance dashboards into link, user, and connection details
• Pinpoint root cause with in-depth application metrics
• Monitor trends to prepare for the future

 

ORS is a stand-alone appliance which simultaneously collects and aggregates data from Observer Probes, NetFlow devices, Observer Infrastructure, and other collection agents.