WildMetrix Live Technology: Technical Summary

• Expandable and scalable 
• TCP transport for anytime/anywhere analysis
• Supports dial-up speeds as low as 24k

Agent Technology

• Low server and bandwidth overhead
• Normal operations are not affected during installation
• Minimal impact on bandwidth
• Collects data with counters
• Data is continually collected during network outage
• Agentless Technology
  • No software on monitored device
  • Normal Operations are not affected when monitored
  • Collects data with counters

Server

• User-defined data retention and database management schedules.
• Real-time historical data generation
• High capacity architecture

Console

• Intuitive World Class GUI
• Multiple console connections
• Connect to multiple WildMetrix servers
• Real-time Streaming Data

• Installs in less than 20 minutes
• Task Scripts allow pre-staging and automation of deployment
• Auto Discovery locates all 2000/2003 Windows Servers in workgroups
• Meaningful data collected and available within seconds after installation 

• Performance and Event Monitoring includes:
  • System performance
  • Event logs
  • Process logs
  • Services logs
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) web logs
  • Syslog
  • Ping
  • SNMP
• Service Availability Monitoring
  • DNS Query
  • HTTP Request
  • SMTP Request
  • SQL Query
  • TCP Connect
• Extensible Monitoring
  • Custom VBScript for virtually unlimited capabilities

• Correlation of data streams
• Real-time
• Historical
• Drill down
• Multiple data periods
• Z charting
• OpenGL Support
• Multiple chart properties
• Multiple series type properties
• Log data panes
• Trend analysis
• Chart Zoom

• Pre-built alerting rules
• Range of severity levels
• Multiple rules for a single counter
• Accountable alerting acknowledgements
• Alert Escalation Support
• Publications created based on:
  • Device roles and functionality
  • User responsibility
• Subscriptions
  • Different methods of contact for different users
  • Different levels of contact for different severity levels
    - Console alert level
    - Email alert level
    - Text messaging alert level

• Pre-Built Reports
• Diverse Report Categories
• Multiple reports within each Category
• Drill Down
• Custom Time Frames
• Intuitive Analytical Format

• Pre-Build Monitoring Policies
• Multiple Policy Groups
• Multiple Policy Types
• Alerts Built-in
• Diverse Counters available for Monitoring Policies and Custom Counters
• Range of Collection and Retention Frequencies

• Visual Representation
• Customizable Map
• Real time interactivity
• Detail device information

• User Options
• User Permissions
• User Preferences

• Chronological drill down of log data
• Summary and detailed views of data
• Central location for reviewing data
• Unique Alert logs for each device's alert history

• Manage Processes of Database Maintenance
• Handles Task Scripts
• Ability to Manage Multiple Agent and Policy Deployments