So what is Network Performance Management – Network Performance Management is the discipline that focuses on proactive monitoring of your network infrastructure. Network Performance Management as a discipline focuses on providing an end to end view of network performance which would ideally include performance and availability of your networking devices, network links and any networking components along the way.
Provided below is a list of frequently used tools for purposes of Network Performance Management. At this point this page includes just links to the various tool vendors or websites. Over a period of time we intend to introduce a summary of different tools, tool reviews including a short description of their strengths and weaknesses to help readers better grasp positioning of the relevant tools and frameworks within the enterprise.
Network Performance Management
| Vendor | Area Of Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidthd | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Cacti | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Nagios (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| NTOP (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Observium (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| OpenNMS | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Pandora FMS (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| PRTG | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| The Dude (Freeware) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Zabbix (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Zenoss (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| OpenNMS | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
| Pandora FMS (Open Source) | Network Performance Monitoring | Link |
Packet Capture & Analysis
| Vendor | Area Of Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Colasoft Capsa (Freeware) | Packet Capture & Analysis | Link |
| Fiddler (Freeware) | Packet Capture & Analysis | Link |
| Microsoft Network Monitor (Freeware) | Packet Capture & Analysis | Link |
| Microsoft Network Analyzer (In Beta – Successor to Network Monitor) | Packet Capture & Analysis | Link |
| Wireshark (Open Source) | Packet Capture & Analysis | Link |
