Wide Area Network (WAN)
Application Traffic Analysis
Thinking of upgrading your bandwidth? Instead of increasing your monthly operating costs, let us show you how to make what you have work better and reduce your Troubleshooting and Support costs as well.
The Challenge is that the nature of TCP/IP is such that it was not designed to be used to deliver Applications over a WAN. With 10, 100 and Gigabit Ethernet cards, a single user running an application can cause congestion on all links that they are routed. While engineering an excess of Bandwidth may help the problem for a while, it still does not prevent network traffic from potentially causing congestion. Eventually, excess Bandwidth is consumed, and Latency Sensitive Application Performance suffers.
Our ability to analyze packets and classify traffic through the OSI Seven layer model makes it ideal to determine in real time as well as historical data what applications is/are consuming the bandwidth and in what proportions. This in laymen’s terms means that the reports we will produce will determine with a high degree of accuracy what packets belong to each application running on the network, such as Citrix or Bit Torrent or KaZaA (even though all run over TCP port 80) as well as who those users are. This Visibility is the first step in determining where your WAN Budget is going.
We can provide statistics on Peak Utilization, far and above what Routers show, Network Efficiencies (retransmissions), Network and Server Delays and Application specific Response Times that truly reflect what the Users feel when they run that application, not what they have when they ping a device.
This Analysis and the Deliverable Report assist greatly in reducing the time and costs associated with troubleshooting ongoing and intermittent problems on Application infrastructures. Further, we have the ability alter packets to do true Traffic shaping beyond the application, unlike Data Prioritization or Differential Services schemes. Wide Area Network links costs vary widely with location and size, typically adding more bandwidth to solve issues only allows the congestion to continue on a larger link and adds nothing to the diagnostic challenge but additional cost as the amount of Business Critical traffic and Recreational traffic are unknown.
A correctly sized link with an appliance that gives both a lower cost and a layer seven diagnostic and reporting tool is a supportable business model with known support costs. We can compress traffic by application to achieve throughput and Acceleration to mitigate latency that occurs on long haul or Satellite links. Caching of data and Brach Office Server functions is also available to further reduce the cost of WAN Application and eliminate Branch Server deployments.
No matter what the Link size, Application or its Location, we can provide you with the information and Solutions to a sound Technology strategy that is much more cost effective than the traditional Distributed or Server based deployment.
As in life, so goes Technology Solutions; the unknown is what derails the best of intentions. Whether it is a PacketShaper, iShared, Proxy SG, Fluke or Procera Solutions, we provide the Best Practices audit that lack of training and neglect that diminish returns performance over time. Staying on top of software, plug-ins, drivers and add-ons and upgrades is a full time job; one that few organizations have the resources for. Peak Networks recommended Best Practices audit, free with our Clients support renewals, is a repeatable process for us that take this time consuming effort off your hands.
Typical entry level examination service is about Two to three hours and can provide a deliverable report that details the recommended steps needed to Optimize the solution you have already purchased.
Our certified engineers will review a checklist of items with you and will identify any immediate concerns to prevent problems before they occur.
Once a review of the check-list is completed, we are free to transfer as much knowledge as possible in the time remaining. Additional time or Formal training may also be purchased to achieve the optimal solution for our client.
Please contact our sales staff for a Solutions Demonstration or Evaluation and we can show definitively what your savings will be. Our Professional and Educational Services will ensure that your Implementation will achieve your goals and continue for the life of the purchase.