Studies show that most organizations have adopted some level of virtualization in their datacenters, including server, storage and OS virtualization. The benefits are real - lower overall costs, improved utilization rates and greater resiliency.
But studies also show that virtualized network resources create critical blind spots for traditional management tools. When performance problems crop up in virtualized environments, it's very difficult for network teams to find and address them. With their existing tools, IT managers can't see into the virtual infrastructure, nor can they get a good handle on the dynamic movement of applications and data that goes on in virtual realms. So when it comes to performance trouble with virtual resources, the IT team is flying blind.
PathView and AppCritical are next-generation network performance management tools that lets you easily manage virtual environments. It provides complete visibility up to the virtual TCP/IP stack and tracks application performance across virtual machines. This means if there is a problem, the tools can quickly tell you where in the end-to-end network path it is occurring, even if the hop is within a virtual machine. And, if the application moves to a different VM, so does the path that PathView and AppCritical track automatically. The solutions then tell you what's causing the problem, and makes specific, actionable remediation suggestions
With PathView and AppCritical, you can:
- Assess your network readiness for virtualization initiatives to reduce your rollout risks
- Monitor network performance from a virtual machine to any client
- Troubleshoot problems 70% faster with hop-by-hop analyses through the virtual TCP/IP stack
- Understand and report on the impact of virtualization on your business