Chapter 4. Distributed Deployment
Chapter 3 discussed NSM platforms built on the open source SO project, focusing on how to install SO as a stand-alone platform. Single-system solutions are a great starting point for newcomers to the NSM world, but most organizations have more than one network to manage and monitor. Based on what you learned in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, you may recognize locations in your environment where you need multiple sensors cooperating to provide multisite visibility. Thankfully, as described in the previous chapter, SO supports distributed deployment models (server-plus-sensor platforms) to accommodate these requirements. ...
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