How it works

Implementation

SecurActive Performance Vision's implementation in the network is straight forward:

• all the usage and performance measurements are based on an analysis of network traffic;
• a single point of capture is sufficient to produce both usage and performance metrics.
• in a multi-site environment, several listening points can be installed. The performance vision solution provide you a centralized view of traffic and application performance.

There are two common ways to collect traffic:

• Port mirroring / SPAN
• TAP

Port mirroring / SPAN is a common feature provided by most Enterprise network switches, which enables the administrator to send a copy of the traffic to / from a certain VLAN/interface to a monitoring port, to which the SecurActive Performance Vision appliance is connected.

A TAP is a hardware device, which copies the signal on a network link to a third interface which is connected to the SecurActive Performance Vision appliance.
In all cases, implementing SecurActive Performance Vision:

• Does not require any change in the network architecture
• Does not require any deployment of agents
• Does not induce any traffic overhead

Learn more on TAP/Port Mirroring-SPAN

To find out more on the way performance metrics are calculated, connect to our blog.