UNIX® Fault Management: A Guide for System Administration

Using Network Performance Data

This section provides a brief introduction on how you can use the network performance monitoring tools to detect and address network performance problems. Various types of network performance problems are possible. Potential problems could be an overloaded server, a congested network, or a faulty network masquerading as an overloaded network. You can use the performance tools to avoid these problems, if possible, or at least to correct them quickly when they occur.

Avoiding Performance Issues

To avoid network performance issues, key networks should be monitored regularly to look for trends. You should first use tools such as PerfView and NetMetrix to collect baseline data from when the computing environment is behaving ...