IT administrators might wish they had precognition too, so they can track down problems in their network before they occur. Now we can say their wish has been granted. Applications Manager has introduced Anomaly Detection, a new feature which detects potential threats to server or application performance beforehand and sends out alarms. The IT team can analyze and interpret the alarms generated and take pre-emptive action before things go out of hand.
How does Anomaly Detection work?
You have to define anomaly profiles on the performance metrics of an application or server such as CPU Utilization. Applications Manager then continually compares the performance data with the pre-defined set of best data and sends notifications if they deviate from established patterns. Any deviation from normal behavior can be interpreted as a potential threat to application performance.
The anomaly detection capability helps system administrators move from a reactive approach to troubleshooting problems towards a more proactive approach. This in turn can help improve their overall efficiency and bring down IT costs.
Anomaly Detection is available as an add-on feature to Applications Manager and works with both the Professional and enterprise editions. Feel free to try this out and let us know what you think!
