Put Performance First with WAN Optimization

The NetQoS Performance Center helps IT organizations take a performance-first approach to network management by integrating the three key metrics necessary to quantify the impact of WAN Optimization:

• NetQoS SuperAgent for end-to-end performance monitoring
• NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer for traffic analysis (via NetFlow)
• NetQoS NetVoyant for device performance management

When deploying WAN Optimization, IT organizations should first measure end-user response times to quantify normal latency in the application, server, and network components. That data should then be correlated with traffic flow analysis and WAN utilization, information that is readily available from the NetQoS Performance Center.

Why is it important to measure response times? One of the primary drivers for deploying any WAN optimization solution is to improve the performance of business-critical applications over the WAN. It is therefore imperative to measure the improvements to application performance for the end user. The best way to measure the performance improvements for the end user is to measure response times for the application, network, and server components. Measuring WAN utilization alone will not show the improvements to the end user. Utilization is not a proxy for performance.

Learn more about the challenges of measuring the impact of WAN Optimization.