Observer 13New Version Release

Network Instruments Monitoring Model

Observer 13 Overview

Observer 13 Product Design Goals

Application Performance Analysis Provide real-time TopN visibility enterprise-wide Strengthen problem identification capabilities

Enhanced RNA Greater reporting flexibility and emphasis on

reducing MTTR

Financial Sector Focus Monitor financial transactions in-depth

Enhanced Visibility Improve customers’ ability to leverage NetFlow Expand support for critical network topologies

Application Performance

Application Performance Analysis

Introduces tier-level visibility Application-level reporting with drill down to host server

Performance Monitoring

ORS Auto-Baselining ORS 10-minute granularity Expanded application visibility

Increased depth for existing technologies Stateful Packet Inspection

Introducing NetLive

Provides TopN enterprise-wide visibility in real time

Ideal for global monitoring of application performance

Supports NOC-level views

RNA Enhancements

GigaStor Time Navigation

Macro and micro timeline views Improves ability to pinpoint problems

Micro

Macro

GigaStor Active Reporting

Immediate and highly-customizable views Extensive drill-down capabilities Improves problem solving workflow

GigaStor Data Stream Reconstruction

Completely revised workflow Faster identification of relevant materials Simpler selection of reconstructed items

Performance and Memory Enhancements

Optimized file structure to handle high demands of RNA Eliminates fragmentation concerns Increased performance and reliability

Process-to-Processor Affinity Assign tasks to specific processors

Hardware Enhancements GigaStor units now have additional processors Increased buffer memory by up to 8 times

AES256 encryption as data is written to disk Required by U.S. government agencies Important for HIPAA and PCI DSS

(Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards)

GigaStor Data-at-Rest Security

Addressing Financial Services

Financial Services

Expanded Financial Protocol Support In-depth FIX analysis

Application-specific tracking Obtain trade-level errors and statistics Track trade executions and performance

Financial Services

Full decode and support 29West (LBT-TCP, LBT-RM, LBT-RU, LBMR) MOLD and UDQF (NASDAQ trading protocols)

Microburst Analysis Meets financial sectors

demand of sub-second detail

Enhanced Visibility

Extended NetFlow Support

New NetFlow Trending Instance provides unparalleled scalability

Configure up to 512 NetFlow devices per instance

Extended Topology Support

OC – WAN Connectivity Protocols

Packet Over SONET (POS) ATM over SONET

OC Speeds OC-3c (155Mb/s) OC-12c (622Mb/s)

802.11n Wireless Support Emerging wireless technology Speeds up to 248Mb/s Support for WPA / WPA2

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