What Services are Included in the Health Check?
- The installation and configuration of the network monitor
- The preparation of reports in accordance with the customer's wishes
- The creation of a recommendations report regarding the optimisation options for the various network functions and - network resources
What Support do we Require from You?
The current and future planned structure of the network is the basis of a well-founded analysis. For this we require access to a competent contact person within your organisation, who can provide us with details about the current and planned network situation. To enable an effective hardware deployment, this contact person should be in a position to be able to supply us with all relevant information about the network segments to be monitored. Your contact person should be available to us via telephone throughout normal office hours.
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Network Health Check - What for?
The reliability and availability of a computer network are essential for day to day business operations. Users in today's client-server environments demand short response times and fault free connectivity. Fast and secure data transmissions must therefore occupy an increasingly prominent position. To guarantee this level of security, network administrators carry out fundamental tasks such as:
- Application monitoring
- System monitoring
- Maintaining and extending the system
- Documentation
- Monitoring the entire network
In order for IT managers to be able to take the correct decisions required in a given case, network status information is continuously needed, to be able to fulfil the minimum requirements in terms of system and network availability.
It is therefore important to be familiar with the installed network components.
Very often the available resources are unable to keep pace with the continuously expanding client-server growth rate, both in terms of finance and personnel.
Malfunctions appear on the network the causes of which are not always clearly recognisable to the user, and which cannot be corrected using in-house resources. Gradually the network becomes extremely confused. Problems start to creep in. Incorrect routing decisions are taken etc.
Today there is no financial comparison between the financial losses caused by network errors, lost data or even network outages, and the costs of preventative and proactive fault management. It makes good business sense to ensure a cost-efficient, secure, high quality network operation. No additional training for your IT department is required.
The solution therefore is: to carry out a health check from time to time.
Our test facility is your advantage!
By our taking on the task of network monitoring at a predictable cost, your IT department is able to dedicate its efforts entirely to their core tasks.
We analyse your network. The results are documented in detailed reports.
You simply receive clear information on:
- The performance capacity of your computer network
- Potential bottlenecks
- Fault management
- Network availability
- Utilization planning
- Potential useful improvements
How does the Health Check Work?
Every network has its own specific structure and needs to cater to many different demands. Before any meaningful information about a network's performance capacity can be gathered, various aspects of the network activity have to be monitored over an extended period.
These are chosen based on various criteria, and a specific objective is defined and agreed in collaboration with your IT department. We already start to analyse potential causes, bottlenecks and system error reports in the pre-start period.
Based on that, we start the actual structured investigation into root causes, whereby we check the network inside and out using a series of mensuration and analysis software tools.
- Sniffers (by MAC Address)
- Sniffers (by Packet Size)
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General Benefits from Network Monitoring:
Network issues need to be recognised and dealt with in a timely manner before they have a lasting effect on the performance of the network.
Via precise, qualified network monitoring, network administrators not only receive advanced warnings of problems in the making but also have permanent access to characteristic status data regarding the network performance.
Their evaluation and the correct interpretation of these characteristics helps to optimise the network and therefore to minimise downtime, whilst simultaneously reducing costs.