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Network Health Assessment

Network Configuration Audit
The Network Configuration Audit is a sweep through the network infrastructure to discover any configuration anomalies that might be present. The hardware and software configuration and statistics of all routers and switches are examined and evaluated.

Network Architecture Assessment
In this extension of the Network Configuration Audit, the network infrastructure is evaluated against the backdrop of the mission and growth plans of the organization and its information systems and usage. Architectural assessments include a phased plan for improving/upgrading the network.

Capacity Planning
The utilization of the critical links of the network are examined to determine if they are correctly sized for their current mission and to project their suitability into the future based on a mathematical analysis of utilization patterns as well as future staffing, project and development plans. Modeling and latency projections using queuing theory are also available.

Server Benchmarking
If you're about to add new users or new applications to your server, you may want to take a snapshot of how your server operates today. Network Math can analyze user loading, latency, throughput, packet loss, protocol distribution for an individual server or group of servers. Server benchmarking can also be useful when one server's performance doesn't quite match the performance of similarly configured servers.

QoS Assessment and Configuration
The QOS design and implementation of the network is evaluated and tuned to provide optimum and reliable performance for the network's critical applications. In networks without QOS policies, a QOS scheme and policy management system is designed and implemented

Application Impact Assessment
A study is performed to assess the impact of a proposed application on the network infrastructure. Current traffic utilizations are performed and the project application's traffic patterns are statistically superimposed upon them. The resulting traffic projections are then evaluated to determine whether the organization's existing infrastructure can continue to support the anticipated traffic or to determine what improvements need to be made to support the projected traffic load.

Workgroup Traffic Profiling
Workgroup Traffic Profiling The traffic patterns of a particular user or group of users are studied. Typical considerations are the data sources the users are accessing, the level and types of traffic that are being generated, the performance characteristics that the users are experiencing as well as the efficiencies of the data transfer process. This kind of evaluation is typically one of the components of capacity planning because the data usage requirements of a small group of users can be extrapolated to a larger group of users.

Network Baselining/Benchmarking
The purpose of baselining is to quantify how the network and its components are behaving at a particular point in time and to either compare the baseline to industry standards or to document a trend of how the network behavior varies over time.

LAN/WAN Utilization Analysis

The critical LAN and WAN links of the network are monitored for a set period of time. Utilization and error statistics are graphed and summarized to provide a snapshot of the traffic patterns during the monitoring period. For more detailed analysis, a network probe may be used to further characterize the conversation protocol and performance statistics during the testing interval.

Failover Analysis/Audit

Although redundancy is now designed into many networks, it is rarely examined and tested systematically to determine whether the failover design actually works and what the network down time will be for the various components and connections. Network Math will examine the design and implementation of the network's redundancy systems and, if desired, test the failover in a simulated (or actual) environment to determine system recovery times.