New Views into Storage Traffic Flows Extend NetScout's Lead in Storage
Network Performance Management
WESTFORD, Mass., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide
network performance management solutions, today unveiled new integrated
performance monitoring and reporting capabilities for networked storage.
Delivered as an enhancement to NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management
System, the new capabilities comprise an expanded set of real time and
historical statistics on the performance of storage traffic traversing the
LAN, WAN and storage networks within the enterprise. Filling a critical gap
in IT's SAN management tool set, the NetScout solution offers detailed views
of usage patterns, traffic details, and utilization trends that help large
enterprises minimize disruptions due to operational interoperability issues
and incomplete bandwidth planning as they migrate to networked storage.
nGenius Performance Manager, deployed in conjunction with NetScout's Fibre
Channel and other probes across the network, collects and displays detailed
information on storage traffic between "initiators" (servers), and "targets"
(disk arrays) and their logical subdivisions ("LUNs"). With the nGenius
solution, IT managers can:
-- Understand how much of each segment is consumed, by whom, when and for
what purpose, to optimize storage network performance--with real-time
and historical views.
-- Gain insight into SAN traffic volumes and errors before they impact
users--with proactive alarming.
-- Enhance troubleshooting of complex packet level problems, such as
interoperability--with packet capture and decode.
-- Perform accurate base-lining and bandwidth planning to better leverage
capital expenditures on storage networking infrastructure--with
historical trending reports.
In addition, users can alternate seamlessly between real-time and
historical views of the same information to investigate trends and
anomalies in an instant. This time-saving feature eliminates the labor-
intensive steps of launching separate tools and reconciling disparate
information.
"NetScout offers a unique solution that complements and enhances any of
the storage network management solutions that are available today," said Nancy
Marrone of Enterprise Storage Group. "NetScout has a long history of
providing in-depth network performance analysis, reporting and problem
resolution solutions for the LAN and WAN markets, and they are now bringing
that expertise to the SAN market. As SANs increase in size and complexity,
certain business risks can evolve if their performance degrades. NetScout's
solutions enable customers to control network performance in order to minimize
any potential risks. No other vendor has that capability today."
New Features include:
-- Traffic statistics of symptoms that may cause performance degradation
including Frame Busy and Rejects, Port Busy and Rejects, Zero Credit
Events and Initializations.
-- New Fibre Channel traffic views that detail Fibre Channel Protocol
(FCP), Extended Link Services (ELS) and Basic Link Services activity.
-- Detailed views of Upper Layer protocol session activity including SCSI
Initiator to Target/LUN conversations for such exchanges as SCSI reads
and writes in FCP or Login traffic for ELS.
-- Daily, weekly and monthly automated nGenius NewsPaper Reports for
enterprise-wide or SAN focused audiences to understand the trends in
the SAN.
"We are committed to leading the development of technology and best
practices needed for managing storage network performance," said Michael
Szabados, senior vice president of product operations for NetScout Systems.
"Our product innovations are designed for large enterprises now making the
transition to networked storage. With our Fibre Channel extensions, and new
support for iSCSI, our enterprise-wide network performance management solution
is now seamlessly extended to storage networks."
Pricing and Availability
nGenius Fibre Channel probes are shipping now in 1-port, 2-port and 4-port
configurations starting at $19,995. The new enhancements are available in
nGenius Performance Manager 1.4 at no additional charge. For additional
product or ordering information about nGenius solutions, call NetScout Systems
at 1-800-657-7666 or visit our Website http://www.netscout.com.
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of
integrated network performance management products that unify performance
across the enterprise. NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System is
helping more than 3000 leading companies increase their return on
infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of networks and
applications according to business priorities. NetScout is headquartered in
Westford, Massachusetts and has offices worldwide. Further information is
available at http://www.netscout.com.
All rights reserved worldwide. NetScout, nGenius, and the NetScout logo
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network is the business and CDM Technology are trademarks of NetScout Systems,
Inc. NetScout reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make changes at
any time in its technical information, specifications, and service and support
programs.
Peggy Flynn
NetScout Systems
(978) 614-4162
flynnp@netscout.com
Dawn Sullivan or Tim King
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
netscout@schwartz-pr.com
SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.