Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
09/29/05
Today's focus: Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together

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Today's focus: Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together

By Denise Dubie

More times than not network managers are faced with multi-layer
performance problems, and to address them, they need to buy many
tools that can examine each facet of the performance
degradation.

Take Retail Grocery Inventory Service, or RGIS. The Auburn
Hills, Mich., company provides inventory services for grocers
and supports about 400 offices and 40,000 employees worldwide.
The number of locations requires RGIS to vary its net
connectivity and run about 1,000 route paths all over the world,
the company says.

"We have the challenge of taking a very large network and trying
to make it simpler to administer," says Jim Willard, network
specialist with RGIS. "Specifically, we needed a way to measure
bandwidth to see if lines truly needed an upgrade or if there
was a different performance issue involved."

To do this, RGIS takes a two-pronged approach. It uses
Netcordia's NetMRI device to measure performance on the network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7630> coupled with Network
Physics <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7631> to drill down
deep to find specific performance issues. NetMRI assesses the
network every 24 hours and can alert IT staff to misconfigured
routers, network switches and even ports behaving badly.

"We don't replace devices nearly as often as we did before. We
can now tell if the problem is really a hardware break or if we
can fix the problem by adjusting the configuration," Willard
says.

As for the use of Network Physics, of which RGIS has multiple
devices deployed in various data centers, Willard says he uses
that when he knows the source of a problem and needs a very
detailed engineering take on it.

"Network Physics jumps up to Layer 7 and helps us resolve deeper
issues," he explains.

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Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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