With the ExtraHop system, IT teams can speak the same languages their applications do. The analysis modules in the ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system enable IT teams to understand the conversations taking place within the datacenter—at the wire protocol level and in real time. Equipped with application-specific details—such as the URI included in an HTTP 500 error or a slow stored procedure in a database—IT teams can more effectively prevent slowdowns, identify root causes, and troubleshoot problems.
In contrast to this real-time, application-centric approach, many network monitoring tools can only guess at application activity based on server response times, L4 port, or TCP header information. To gain greater specificity, some APM vendors rely on offline packet-capture tools that require terabytes of storage to record even a small portion of production traffic, do not provide proactive early-warning alerts, and are slow to respond to queries. Read about the unique advantages of real-time L2–L7 analysis in the ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system.
Web
Supported protocols: HTTP/HTTPS, AMF, and SSL
Analyze transactions to and from web servers, application servers, load balancers, and more. Monitor rich Internet applications (RIAs) based on Adobe Flash. Ensure that SSL certificates are up to date according to the latest standards and recommendations.
Middleware
Supported protocols: memcached
Definitively answer questions regarding memcached implementations. Accelerate applications with memcached data caching without losing visibility into their health and performance.
Database
Supported protocols: IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Sybase
Monitor production database activity without agents or resource-intensive profilers. Examine transactions between application servers and databases as they occur.
Storage
Supported protocols: iSCSI, CIFS, and NFS
Illuminate the storage black box and gain the granular, real-time insight needed to tune networked storage performance, pinpoint problem files, audit storage usage, or select the right WAN optimization candidates for SAN and NAS systems.
Citrix VDI
Supported protocols: ICA and CGP
Analyze every transaction for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp and gain deep visibility into real-time user experience to quickly solve issues such as slow logins and load times.
Industry-Specific Protocols
Supported protocols: FIX and SMPP
Optimize the performance of industry-specific applications with real-time metrics based on the analysis of protocols such as the Financial Information eXchange protocol (FIX) and Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol.
Directory Services and AAA
Supported protocols: LDAP, RADIUS, and Diameter
Gain deep insight into directory services for performance tuning, troubleshooting, and early warning of potential problems. Access information that is unavailable to other tools and absent in log files.
Shared Services
Supported protocols: DNS, FTP, and SMTP
Ensure optimal performance from shared IT infrastructure services with real-time analysis of standard protocols for email messaging, domain-name services, and FTP.