Interactive scorecard and NetResults: Application performance tools
Every network is unique. This calculator lets you change the weights given to scores from our review to see which product might be best suited for your needs. Here's how it works: In each category, our reviewers rated the apps on a 1-10 basis. These ratings are then multiplied by the percentage weighting, and then added up to give an overall product score. Any score above 9 is considered "world class." For each category below, assign the percentage weight you think is most appropriate. The percent-o-meter box on the right will keep track of your weightings to let you know when you've reached 100%. When you fill in the last box, hit your enter key, and you'll see how the apps rate (along with our final scores for comparison).
| NetResults | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOOL | COMPANY | RATING | COST | PROS | CONS |
| Vital- Suite |
Lucent (888) 767-2988 | 8.40 | $44,000 for unlimited servers, 100 desktops and 50 network devices. | Accur- ately pin- pointed bottle- necks; full- featured network moni- toring tool; intuitive user interface. |
Pricey. |
| S3 Version 2.51 | NextPoint Networks(978) 392-2026 | 7.30 | Starts at $15,000. | Accur- ately pin- pointed bottle- necks; good trend detection. |
Interface was difficult to use. |
| Pega- sus 2.2 |
Ganymede Software(888) 426-9633 | 7.15 | Starts at $25,000. | Good platform support; both passive and active modes; easy-to-use script language. | Didn't always identify bottle- necks; coarse granu- larity for setting service levels. |
| TOOL | COMPANY | RATING | COST | PROS | CONS |
| Eco- Scope 4.1 and Eco- Tools 7.1 |
Compuware (800) 521-9353 | 6.85 | EcoScope starts at $19,500; EcoTools costs $695 per managed server. | Pervasive support for a range of network-aware appli- cations. |
Needed to export data into a rela- tional data- base for serious analysis. |
| App- Scout 2.0 |
NetScout Systems (800) 357-7666 | 5.95 | Starts at $12,500. | Useful categori- zation of network traffic by protocol, location, server and client; simple, effect- ive user inter- face with excellent online help. |
Requires NetScout probes; can't help find custom appli- cation bottle- necks. |
| Res- ponse- Center 2.5 |
Response Networks (800) 677-7638 | 5.45 | Starts at $19,950. | Identifies and measures certain TCP/IP and ODBC traffic well; easy-to-use interface. | Can't find custom appli- cation bottle- necks. |
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