NAS Networking Flow Tool Whitepaper Now Available
The NAS Networks group has released a technical paper on their in-house-developed flow analysis tool. Network engineers have devised a method for collecting network traffic from multiple sources, which allows them to coalesce the data in a way that fills in all the information required to identify key data points used in network performance analysis, such as:
- Who is the user transferring data to?
- How is the transfer application being used?
- Is the user experiencing network congestion?
- Is the user's remote system optimally tuned?
- Is the bottleneck on the network, application, or system?
The paper reviews shortcomings in common flow collection sources and describes how to create a functional and centralized management system that allows engineers to easily identify, track, and troubleshoot network flows displaying sub-optimal performance.
This tool has been in use at NAS for over a year and has allowed engineers to proactively and automatically identify performance bottlenecks, resulting in increased end-to-end data transfer rates for many users. Download the Flow Analysis Tool Whitepaper (PDF-703KB).
