Cloud Monitoring Tools – NetFlow
On Friday May 6th I listened to Orlando Ayala during the MIT Sloan Sales Conference where he announced that Microsoft would be making a big play in the Cloud Services market. Two business days later Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 Billion.
Orlando Ayala
Corporate Vice President, Chairman Emerging Markets, Chief Advisor to the COO
Microsoft
Environmental Monitoring Improvements to the SecurityProbe 5E
Filed under: environmental monitoring, Notifications, Security Monitoring, SecurityProbes
Monitor your infrastructure with the versatile securityProbe 5E which works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. Monitor temperature, humidity, water leakage, airflow, security, detection of AC power line voltage, measurement of Digital Voltmeter, control relays, and much more simply by connecting up to 8 of our autoSense sensors in any combination. The Ravica range of sensors also includes an integrated data collection and graphing package which is especially useful in trending and analysis.
And now it’s even easier to trap trigger a relay across the internet using the using the securityProbe 5E.
Monitor Airflow Around Critical Equipment
The Ravica Airflow Sensor is designed for systems that generate heat in the course of their operation and a steady flow of air is necessary to dissipate this generated heat. System reliability and safety could be jeopardized if this cooling airflow stops. Airflow Sensors monitor the circulation of air around critical equipment where a constant air-flow is required to maintain a consistent temperature and humidity status and reliable continual performance.
The Airflow Sensor is placed in the air stream path, allowing users to monitor the status of the flowing air. This device measures the presence or absence of air flow, then the sensorProbe environmental monitor displays the measurement using a graphical display via its web interface. Read more
NetFlow-Lite (NFlite) Exports Using the nProbe and a NetFlow Collector
This month’s Cisco Live show in London allowed for some great opportunities. We mentioned that we met up with Luca Deri, developer of the nProbe. Our friends at Plixer International also attended the show where Cisco demonstrated the abilities of their new Catalyst 4948E NetFlow-Lite (NFlite) exports using Plixer’s Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer with the nProbe. NFlite is a sampling technology using NetFlow v9.
Plixer’s Product Manager, Michael Patterson, recently blogged about its features, explaining how the NFlite samples are sent to the nProbe, sending one sample per NetFlow datagram. He also included a screen capture of their Scrutinizer NetFlow collector demonstrating the integrated view of NetFlow data from N7k and NetFlow-lite from the 4948E.
Environmental Monitoring with securityProbe Devices
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, SecurityProbes, temperature monitoring
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. With the recent enhancements to Ravica’s securityProbe environmental monitoring devices, we’ve been talking a lot lately about this versatile piece of hardware. In order to explain the device’s basic functionality, we created a list of generalized Q&A.
If you have more specific questions, we would love to hear from you. Read more
Environmental Sensors from Ravica Get Interface Updates
We recently mentioned enhancements to the securityProbe 5E and that it is now possible to control a Relay Over IP through the security Probe 5E from a sensor placed at a remote location.
The securityProbe 5E device is a versatile and complete environmental and security monitoring solution, and the recent updates and improvements have provided even greater flexibility and performance. Additional enhancements include ease of set-up and updates to the interface. Read more
Ravica Environmental Monitoring Equipment Enhancements
The securityProbe 5E is a complete environmental and security monitoring solution for your business. The securityProbe 5E has an embedded Linux Operating System. Accessible through it’s own web interface means there is no software to install on your PC. Setup is very simple, once the IP address is configured to match your network, all features and settings are accessible through the web interface which is available in several languages.
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. Connect up to 8 of our autoSense sensors in any combination to create your customized environmental monitoring solution which can monitor temperature, humidity, water leakage, airflow, security, detection of AC power line voltage, measurement of Digital Voltmeter, control relays, and much more. The Ravica range of sensors also includes an integrated data collection and graphing package which is especially useful in trend and information analysis.
Recent updates and improvements to the securityProbe 5E have provided greater flexibility and performance. Read more
Latency using NetFlow from the nProbe- Part 2
As we discussed in our recent blog about the benefits of using a NetFlow probe, the nProbe is an open source network software application developed by Luca Deri which allows admins to get latency from flows on networks. Through Luca’s partnership with Plixer International, Plixer has also been offering insight on how to get latency from network flows through their collector called Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer.
Latency from the nProbe comes in the following formats:
· APPL_LATENCY (Application Latency)
· CLIENT_NW_DELAY (Client Network Delay)
· SERVER_NW_DELAY (Server Network Delay)
Application Latency and Client Network Delay are determined when the NetFlow probe observes the TCP flags in a transaction. Below we captured the TCP packets in a connection initiated by client (10.1.15.20) to web server (10.1.7.18).
Latency using NetFlow from the nProbe- Part 1
Determining the causes of application slowness has long been a study of both traffic volume and latency within the transaction. Administrators had to determine if there was too much traffic on the connection which caused the slowness, or if there was sluggishness caused by the response time of an involved end system. Perhaps it was even the application itself causing the slowness.
If you have an nProbe, you can get latency from network flows captured by the probe. Read more
Temperature and Humidity Monitor Demo from Ravica
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, Security Monitoring, SensorProbes, temperature monitoring
You’ve heard about temperature and environmental monitoring, and you understand its value. But have you seen one in action?
Check out our online demo to see some features of the BitSight2 environmental monitoring system. See the parameters we have selected for use in our own data room. These parameters are easily customizable to accommodate your specific environmental needs. Read more