 |
| Visual UpTime
7.1 software and ASEs (DSU/CSUs) |
RATING
4.6 |
 |
|
| Company:
Visual Networks,
(301) 296-2300 Price: Starts at $1,000 per site.
Pros: Accurate, precise WAN monitoring tool. Cons:
Only monitors Visual Networks devices. |
|
| eHealth 5.6
software |
RATING
4.5 |
|
|
| Company:
Concord Communications,
(800) 851-8725 Price: Typical licenses range from
$100,000 to $150,000, depending on infrastructure size. Pros:
Excellent vendor-neutral data gathering and reporting tool. Cons:
Network discovery and baselining can take a while. |
|
IQ 710 DSU/CSUs
and
N-Form 1.4 software |
RATING
4.3 |
|
|
Company:
Adtran, (800)
923-8726 Price: An IQ 710 with traffic shaping
costs $2,395.
N-Form software costs $6,000. Pros: Good traffic-shaping
ability. Cons: No printed documentation; user interface
isn’t as intuitive as that of the other products. |
|
Observer
8.3 software
and WAN Probe |
RATING
4.1 |
|
|
| Company:
Network
Instruments, (952) 932-9899 Price: $2,895 for
Observer, $6,000 to $15,000 for each probe. Pros:
The perfect tool if you some- times need to drill down from a top-level
summary to individual problem packets. Cons: Offers
fewer reports than Visual UpTime or eHealth. |
|
| WiseWAN 401
hardware and WiseWAN Network Application 5.2 Enterprise software |
RATING
3.9 |
|
|
| Company:
Allot Communications,
(408) 988-8100, Price: From $6,000 to $32,000.
Includes monitoring devices, software and relational data-base.
Pros: Well-designed user interface; supports traffic
shaping. Cons: Only useful with Wise-WAN hardware. |
|
| CyberGauge
5.0 software |
RATING
3.7 |
|
|
| Company:
Neon Software,
(925) 283-9771 Price: Starts at $295 for five monitored
devices. Pros: Simple, easy-to-operate link monitor.
Cons: Suitable only for small networks. |
|
 |
Visual
UpTime
7.1 |
eHealth
5.6 |
IQ
710 &
N-Form 1.4 |
Observer
8.3
& WAN Probe |
WiseWAN
401 & 5.2 |
CyberGauge 5.0 |
| Reports
20% |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Discovery
20% |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Ease
of use 20% |
5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Protocols
10% |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Network
management integration 10% |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Documentation
10% |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
| Installation
10% |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
TOTAL
SCORE 
|
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
|
| Scoring
Key: 5: Exceptional; 4:
Very good; 3: Average; 2: Below
average; 1: Consistently subpar |
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