Publisher's Synopsis
Network administration is a growing field, and users are facing a new age of computing based on networks and distributed systems. This book discusses the challenges of network monitoring, describing the various approaches that may be employed and surveying the existing technology.;The book opens with an overview of the current state-of-the-art in network architecture and design. A design of the various places in a distributed computing system where monitoring functions can reasonably be performed follows, accompanied by a detailed look at the nature of the information that may be useful to capture in a monitor. The authors provide a comprehensive study of the technologies that can be applied to active and passive monitoring. Practical applications of the data are reviewed, such as network diagnostics, capacity planning, accounting, protocol design and analysis, workload characterization and security and auditing.;The authors conclude with a summary of network monitoring technology, and suggest ways ahead for future developments.
