27 05, 2010

How to report on bandwidth utilization using Cisco devices

By | 2010-05-27T07:59:13+00:00 May 27th, 2010|Firewall Analysis, FlowMonitor, How To, Reports, System Administration, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy|1 Comment

Today I was speaking to a customer that had the following reporting request. "I would like to know how much of my bandwidth is being eaten by each protocol. I will then use this information to determine if circuit may need to be increased due to increased traffic". This customer was collecting syslog messages from a Cisco Firewall, then using WebSpy Vantage to generate reports. There's a simpler method.

21 05, 2010

How WebSpy Vantage uses your CPUs

By | 2010-05-21T07:02:32+00:00 May 21st, 2010|Reports, System Administration, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy|0 Comments

I’m frequently asked how WebSpy Vantage utilizes a systems CPU resources. Sometimes you may notice Vantage utilizing 100% of your machine's CPU power, and other times it will be hardly touched. So here is an overview of how the software works internally so you can understand when your CPUs will and won’t be pushed.