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Reporting and Analysis: NetFlow, sFlow, Netstream, jFlow, IPFIX, etc.

             
                

Scrutinizer™ is at the foundation of the Plixer flow and security log analysis and reporting architecture. It is available as a physical or virtual appliance or as a windows download. Scrutinizer™ performs the collection and reporting of NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow and related flow technologies. It delivers real-time situational awareness into the applications and their historical behaviors on the network.

Scrutinizer Solutions

  • Flow Analytics™: Flow Analytics is at the core of Scrutinizer providing real-time behavior analysis on all flows with next generation network traffic monitoring metrics. Learn More
  • Advanced Reports: Advanced reports provide application aware details on all network connections. Details such as packet loss, latency, jitter and even URLs are the emerging details being exported in flows today and helps take network traffic analysis to a whole new level. Learn More
  • Cross Check: is part of Advanced Reporting. It consolidates application alerts or errors and helps alleviate device naming inconsistencies between applications. The status of 3rd party applications is reflected in the Scrutinizer network maps. Learn More
  • Flowalyzer™: Real-Time Tool Kit for testing and configuring hardware or software for sending and receiving flow data. Learn More
  • IPFIXify™: IPFIXify is the gateway for getting machine messages such as syslogs, traps and even Microsoft event logs into Scrutinizer for correlation and threat pattern matching. Learn More
  • Appliance: Critical deployments warrant the use of our flow appliance. The scalability of each distributed collector is well over 100K flows/second. Learn More
  • Multi-Tenancy: Provides the secure flexibility needed to deliver a controlled, secure and segregated reporting experience per customer or user. Learn More
  • nBox: The nBox performs Deep Packet Inspection to identify signatures. After comparing details against a series of datagrams it can identify the underlying application and provide next generation metrics. Learn More
  • Failover: For mission critical 100% availability.
  • Flow Replicator™: All inclusive appliance that allows a single stream of log data to be transparently replicated to multiple destinations. It also acts as a syslog to IPFIX gateway for threat correlation against other flow exporting systems. Learn More

    • Recent NetFlow Analysis Blog Entries


    • NetFlow Collection

      High volume NetFlow Collection usually can’t be attained by simply placing the NetFlow collector on beefier hardware. It requires understanding of the protocol, the preprocessing necessary to meet the demands of the front end, tweaking memory, optimizing database settings and of course powerful hardware. The collection of flows is essentially a wait technology. With NetFlow [...]The post NetFlow Collection appeared first on NetFlowKnights.com.

    • Network Map Vs Application Map

      Application Performance Monitoring needs to evolve from a Network Map to an Application Map.  It is amazing to me that most companies do not have a map of the applications that their business depends on.   When application performance is crawling the network is often the first suspect.  I think the reason for this is partially [...]The post Network Map Vs Application Map appeared first on NetFlowKnights.com.

    • Solarwinds Orion Vs WhatsUp Gold

      When considering Ipswitch’s WhatsUp Gold Vs. Solarwinds Orion it is important to start off by listing the features that are important to maintaining optimum network performance for your business.  Clearly both are capable of monitoring networks.  Both vendors maintain a PDF files: Solarwinds: [SolarWinds Orion vs. WUG] Ipswitch: [WUG_vs_Orion_v9] and the [Orion_North America_DeepDive] Solarwinds and [...]The post Solarwinds Orion Vs WhatsUp Gold appeared first on NetFlowKnights.com.

    • NetFlow Overview: Advanced NetFlow Traffic Analyzer

      To conclude our 7 part NetFlow v9 overview blog series, I will highlight our Advanced NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, showing off the innovative features we bring to Network Traffic Management and Traffic Analysis in these areas: Dashboard views Flow Reporting Network Security Flexible Dashboard views – both predefined and totally customizable! Predefined views include: Top Applications [...]The post NetFlow Overview: Advanced NetFlow Traffic Analyzer appeared first on NetFlowKnights.com.

     

    "We have used Scrutinizer on multiple troubleshooting opportunities to isolate what type of traffic was causing the heavy utilization and also what offending devices were doing it. Scrutinizer has more than lived up to its expectations."

    Danny, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp