=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TechTarget | Network and Systems Management Jan. 28, 2004 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: Using SLAs to Improve Networked Application Performance? http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,23751,00.htm?track=NL-314&NetQoS ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents
1. NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIPS - Today's Featured Tip: Supernetting - The shutdown event tracker - What's involved in risk assessment? 2. ESSENTIAL LINKS - Chapter of the Week: Network management troubleshooting - Networking Column: Kicking the tires - know what you're buying - IT pros optimistic on network spending ___________________________________________________________________ *******************>> Sponsored by NetQoS <<******************* NetQoS reports on application response time SLAs from the end user's perspective. Monitor every transaction and quickly isolate the source of performance problems to the network, server or application - without deploying endpoint agents. Have the best of both worlds - troubleshooting and SLAs in one product. To learn more, download the white paper "Improve Network Application Performance through SLAs." http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,23751,00.htm?track=NL-314&NetQoS ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S FEATURED NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIP SUPERNETTING by Barrie Sosinsky Subnetting an IP network to divide a set of addresses into groups is well known. Less well known is the ability to combine two or more Class C networks into larger consolidated logical networks, something called supernetting. Read more about supernetting: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci946129,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE SHUTDOWN EVENT TRACKER | Barrie Sosinsky Windows Server 2003 has added a feature, called the Shutdown Event Tracker, that can be useful to you should your server crash. The Shutdown Event Tracker is also useful for diagnosing the state of your server at the time of shutdown, to determine both the events occurring as services are turned off, and perhaps more importantly, their sequence. Read the entire tip here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci938600,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT'S INVOLVED IN RISK ASSESSMENT? | Rick Cook Backing up so that you can recover in the event of untoward events, be they simple hardware failure or disasters, starts with assessment. A thorough risk assessment should point out vulnerabilities you can fix now, possibly heading off trouble, as well as providing a starting point for disaster recovery planning for the risks you can't fix. Click here to find out more about disaster recovery planning: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci888468,00.html?track=NL-314 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::::::::::::::::: ESSENTIAL LINKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORK MANAGEMENT TROUBLESHOOTING | Chapter of the Week This chapter excerpt from the e-book "Tips and Tricks Guide to Network Configuration Management" focuses on network management. It offers administrators a tried-and-true methodology for identifying and correcting router problems on the network. Keeping accurate records of changes on the network, understanding subsystems, and being able to divide those subsystems up for examination can make the daunting task of network troubleshooting more approachable, methodical, and efficient. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid7_gci913144,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KICKING THE TIRES - KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING | Carrie Higbie Dealing with vendors is getting increasing complex. When you buy a car, you can kick the tires, take it for a test drive, and even give it a little extra gas before you make the purchase. Network equipment is a bit different. For starters, equipment doesn't like to get kicked. So how do you really know what you're buying? Let's take a brief look at the components of a network and some key points of interest: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci946014,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IT PROS OPTIMISTIC ON NETWORK SPENDING | SearchNetworking.com TechTarget's exclusive 2004 spending research found that many of the nearly 750 IT professionals surveyed have some reason for optimism. More than half of the SearchNetworking.com respondents said network spending would increase this year. Click here for the full story: http://www.searchNetworking.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci946068,00.html?track=NL-314 MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: Check out the results of SearchNetworking.com's Networking Report Card... http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci936766,00.html?track=NL-314 Wonder what your peers are being paid? 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