Insight into bandwidth utilization

NetFlow Analyzer | January 20, 2009 | 1 min read

The user in any enterprise tends to think that he might be the only one streaming a video and therefore its not going to affect the enterprise’s business critical applications or other user’s bandwidth usage. They think they are just a drop in the ocean. But its the drops that make the ocean. So, when everyone starts streaming Obama’s inauguration in Hulu, the business critical applications take a hit at your workplace. Global cause for a local chaos!

And it is you, the network administrator, are affected in the chaos that follows the network slowdown if not a collapse. How do you handle a situation like this pro actively. How can you find “what, who and when” in your network and ensure priority to your business critical application?

Cisco NetFlow/sFlow technology will give all the information you required for  this. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer empowers you to gain an in-depth visibility of your network traffic. It allows you to identify what application / site is being used / accessed, who is using it and when was it used.

It gives a real time visibility and helps you to troubleshoot an issue before it becomes a reason for chaos. NetFlow Analyzer provides you simple way to retrieve the information by a “search report“. You can easily find out the public ip of Hulu and search it in NetFlow Analyzer where you will get all the information,moreover NetFlow Analyzer can store the aggregated data forever. It helps you analyze the traffic in your network in a long run and help you make informed capacity planning decisions.

Now you got the solution, do try NetFlow Analyzer 30 day trail version.

Kiran Darisi

NetFlow Analyzer Team