network monitoring at heanet heanet conference 2006 ann harding network operations manager
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Network Monitoring at HEAnet
HEAnet Conference 2006
Ann Harding
Network Operations Manager
Why do we monitor?
• Usage– peaks, average
• Performance– latency, jitter
• Alarms– performance,
availability
• Analysis– traffic types, quantity
• Accounting– what & who
• Research– planning– research projects
MRTG
Cricket
Smokeping
Nagios
HEAnet Netflow
nfsen
syslog-ng
RANCID
How do we use this info?• Day-to-day use
– Response to alarms– Pro-active checking of usage and latency– Incident investigation– Accounting/change control
• Reporting– Availability statistics (how many 9s?)– Client Service Reports (trial)
• Planning– Choice of technologies– Capacity planning– Design
Developments• Complete
– Netsaint migrated to Nagios– Map front-end re-written– Policies and naming schemes redesigned
• Current– Overhaul of netflow– Automated provisioning– Multicast
• Future– User dashboard?
P.S. Where do I get these tools?
• http://nagios.org/
• http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/
• http://cricket.sourceforge.net/
• http://nfsen.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.google.com/apis/maps/
• http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
...and HEAnet NOC – [email protected]
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