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TCP RTOs: Retransmission Timeouts & Application Performance Degradation
- Justin Baker
- Updated June 5, 2018
In an effort to rid the world of needless application and network performance slowdowns, we turn to retransmission timeouts (RTOs). What are they and what can you do about them? What Is TCP…
Azure Brings Cloud Into the Modern Security Era
- Raja Mukerji
- March 21, 2017
Azure customers can now easily apply IT analytics to virtual packet data, transforming it into rich Wire Data that delivers unbiased and accurate real-time insight into the performance and security of their cloud-hosted applications.
Once an Owl, Always an Owl
- Rachel Pepple
- March 1, 2017
Rice University Department of Computer Sciences sat down with ExtraHop co-founder and CTO Jesse Rothstein for their alumni series to talk Owlnet, the dot com boom, and transforming the network with IT analytics.
Pushing Packets to New Heights
- Rachel Pepple
- February 23, 2017
This week, ExtraHop co-founder and CTO Jesse Rothstein joined the team at Packet Pushers on the Weekly Show Podcast to talk about ExtraHop.
Delighting Users with ExtraHop 5.0
- Jesse Rothstein
- November 10, 2015
ExtraHop 5.0 aims to delight by solving our users' most pressing needs in ways that they have not imagined, no mean feat for a forward-looking and savvy IT community.
What Is a Tinygram?
- Matt Cauthorn
- September 21, 2015
What are tinygrams? When do they arise? Are they a problem? What can I do about them and how do I do it?
Lean and Mean: Our Open-Source Enhancements to RPCAP
- Kerry Bosworth
- January 22, 2014
[Update, September 15, 2015]: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer in active development or maintenance, but current license-holders may continue using all features described in this…
Performance Metric of the Month: Packet Loss, Retransmission Timeouts (RTOs) and Round-Trip Times in Virtualized Systems
- Justin Baker
- November 30, 2011
Retransmission timeout and round-trip time metrics can reveal virtual packet loss. This month's Performance Metric turns to retransmission timeouts (RTOs) and round-trip times, particularly for…
Performance Metric of the Month: Retransmission Timeouts (RTOs) and Application Performance Degradation
- Justin Baker
- March 7, 2011
It's a new year and a great time to make changes for the better. In an effort to rid the world of needless network and application performance slowdowns, we turn to retransmission timeouts (RTOs)…
To Nagle or Not to Nagle, That is the Question
- Justin Baker
- February 25, 2009
In our work with customers, we've come across the question of Nagling quite a few times. When we show network engineers that they have a relatively high number of Nagle Delays, it's not unusual to…
A Network Management Revolution - Fueled by Faster Processors and Cheaper Storage
- Justin Baker
- December 22, 2008
In the past decade, processing speed and storage capacity have continued to increase in magnitude and decrease in price so rapidly that every couple of years we need to reassess what is feasible and…