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Riverbed® OPNET AppResponse Xpert®

Riverbed OPNET AppResponse Xpert appliance provides:• End-userexperiencemonitoringforwebandnon-webapplications■

• Responsetimedecomposition(triageandtroubleshooting)■

• Citrixtroubleshooting■

• Databasetransactionmonitoring■

• UnifiedCommunicationsmonitoring■

• Networktrafficmonitoring■

• Highvolumepacketstorage■

• NetFlowcollectionandreporting

End-User Experience, Network Monitoring and Analytics

OVERVIEW

Riverbed® OPNET AppResponse Xpert appliance monitors and analyzes end-user experience for all types of applications. It automatically summarizes data according to applications and user-defined business entities such as locations or depart-ments. OPNET AppResponse Xpert appliance also integrates with Riverbed Performance Management solutions to provide deep troubleshooting. A broad range of virtual and physical appliances support the full spec-trum of application environments from SMBs to the world’s largest application deployments.

Benefits• Monitorandtroubleshootend-userexperience,networkperformance,Citrix,

database,andUnifiedCommunications—allwithasinglesolution.

• Troubleshootapplicationperformanceproblemsfaster.

• Detectapplicationperformanceproblemsearly,withnooverheadonyourapplicationenvironment.

• Ensuretheperformanceofweb-basedbusinesstransactions.

• Eliminate“finger-pointing”amongITteamsconcerningthesourceofapplicationperformanceproblems.

• Understandandaddressusageandperformancetrendsforyourapplicationsandnetworks.

• Baselineperformancetosupportchangemanagement.

Monitorresponsetimeofwebapplicationsatthepagelevel.

Pinpointthesourceofapplicationresponsetimedelay.

XenApp

CX-Tracer

Citrix Served Application

John Smith John Smith’s Transactions

Data Center

WAN

Obtainend-to-endvisibilityofusertransactions.

Compare Riverbed OPNET AppResponse Xpert appli-ance to Other SolutionsAsingleOPNETAppResponseXpertappliancesupportsavarietyofusecases,including:

»» End-user experience monitoring at the user transaction level (e.g., web page level)

»» Citrix troubleshooting

»» Database transaction monitoring

»» Unified Communications monitoring

»» High-volume packet capture and storage

»» Network traffic monitoring

»» NetFlow collection and reporting

»» Triage and troubleshooting

»» Web transaction response time is measured at the page level—the same way users experience it. Many vendors offer only HTTP request/response performance measurement.

»» Flexible deployment options include both hardware and virtual appliances.

»» One-minute resolution for aggregated performance statistics is more precise than the typical 5- and 15-minute collection intervals.

»» Web application performance is reported for all individual transactions.

»» Dashboards and reports are easily customized to provide application-spe-cific, intuitive screens and workflows adapted to the needs of your staff.

»» Simple, fast deployment delivers rapid ROI and low TCO.

DATA SHEET: OPNET AppResponse Xpert®

Key Features• Monitorsend-userexperienceforallusers,

allapplications,allthetime.

• Automaticallydiscoversapplications.

• Tracksperformancebyapplication,user,transactions,businessdivision,andlocation.

• Breaksdownapplicationresponsetimeintocontributingsourcesofdelay.

• Monitorsandanalyzesperformanceofwebapplicationsatthepagelevel.

• Providesend-to-endvisibilityforCitrix-hostedapplications,tracingusertransac-tionsthroughtheCitrixXenAppserver.

• Monitorsperformanceofdatabasetrans-actions,pinpointingspecificSQLstate-mentsresponsibleforapplicationdelays.

• MeasuresperformanceofVoIPcallswhiletheyareinprogress.

• Providesaccurate,end-to-endvisibilityinWANacceleratedapplications,leveragingspecializedsupportfortheRiverbedSteelheadapplianceandCiscoWAASdevices.

• CollectsandanalyzesNetFlowdatatoreportonnetworkcapacityandutiliza-tion,andprovidevisibilityintocommuni-cationsbetweenremotelocations.

• AlertsagainstSLAviolations.Dynamicthresholdingautomaticallyadjustlimitsbasedonhistoricalperformance,reducingfalsealarmsandtheneedformanualconfiguration.

• Storesperformanceandforensicdatainlargecapacity,long-termstorageforsub-sequenttroubleshooting,trending,andcapacityplanning.

• Enablesseamlessdrill-downstorootcauseanalysis.

• Dashboardsandworkflowscanbetailoredtosuituserrequirements.

• Diversefamilyofappliancessupportsabroadrangeofthroughputandstoragerequirements.

• Softwareappliancesrestorevisibilityoftrafficamongvirtualmachineswithinaserver.

• Agentlessapproachintroduceszerooverhead.

Trackperformancebyapplication,user,businessdivision,andlocation.

ModulesCX-Tracer ModuleTheCX-TracerModuleisabreakthroughsolutionforend-to-endvisibilityofusertransactionstraversingaCitrixserver.Itdeterministicallycorrelatesfront-endandback-endapplicationtransactionstodeter-mineend-userexperienceandtracetransac-tionsacrosstheCitrixtier.TheCXTracerModuleworksseamlesslywiththeRiverbedPerformanceManagementproductstoenablecomprehensiveAPMcapabilitiesforCitrix-hostedapplications.

Database Performance ModuleTheDatabasePerformanceModulemoni-torsreal-timedatabasetransactionperfor-mance,providingvaluableinsightintotheimpactonend-userexperience.ItrapidlypinpointstheSQLstatementordatabasecallresponsibleforapplicationdelay.Itsagentlessapproachintroduceszeroover-headondatabaseoperation,andrequiresnodatabaselogging.

NetFlow ModuleTheNet-FlowModulecollectsandanalyzesNetFlowrecordstoreportonnetworkcapacityandutilization.Thesolutionprovidesvisibilityintotrafficamongandwithinremotelocations.

Unified Communications ModuleTheUnifiedCommunicationsModulemonitorsreal-timeVoIPcalls,alertingonqualityissueswithcallsinprogress.Itenablesdiagnosisandtroubleshooting,andperformshistoricalreporting.

DATA SHEET: OPNET AppResponse Xpert®

About RiverbedRiverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

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DATA SHEET: OPNET AppResponse Xpert®

Integration with Riverbed RPM Solutions• Fromdashboardview,seamlesslydrillintoOPNET

AppTransactionXpertsoftwareforin-depthanalysisofindividualmulti-tiertransactions.

• Drill-downintoOPNETAppInternalsXpertsoft-wareforconclusiverootcausediagnosiswhenOPNETAppResponseXpertapplianceindicatesthattheserveristhesourceofexcessiveend-to-endresponsetime.

• LeverageOPNETAppSensorXpertsoftwaretodisplaynetworkperformancedataalongtheentirelayer2/3networkpathforatransaction,andinspectserverperformance.

• Exporttrafficflowdataintonetworkperfor-mancemanagementsolutionsfromRiverbed,fornetworkoperationsandplanning.

• IncorporateSQLtransactionperformancedatafromOPNETAppSQLXpertsoftwareintoOPNETAppResponseXpertsoftware,forasingle,uni-fiedview.

• OPNETAppResponseXpertapplianceprovidesdetailedinformationaboutapplicationcompo-nentsandrelationshipstoOPNETAppMapperXpertsoftware,whichautomaticallycreatesarun-timeapplicationdependencymap.

Riverbed® OPNET AppResponse Xpert® BrowserMetrixOPNETAppResponseXpertBrowserMetrixutilizesJavaScriptinstrumentationtomeasureend-userexperienceforwebapplications.Dashboardsprovidedetailedreportingofperformance,geography,platformtype,andresponsetimebreakdown.Itisparticularlywellsuitedtomoni-toringtheperformanceofapplicationsdeployedinthecloud.

Riverbed® OPNET AppInternals Xpert™Deep Application Component Monitoring and AnalyticsOPNETAppInternalsXpertsoftwaretracesusertransactionsthroughtheapplicationandprovidesdeepmonitoringfortheindividualcomponents.Ittrackshundredsofthousandsofsystemandapplicationmetricsandperformspowerfulcorrelationanalyticstodetectpatternsofbehaviorthatrapidlyidentifytherootcauseofapplicationperformanceproblems.ExclusivelowoverheadtechnologyenablesOPNETAp-pInternalsXpertsoftwaretocontinuouslytraceusertransactionsacrossallapplicationtiers,withcode-leveldetail.

Riverbed® OPNET AppMapper Xpert™ SoftwareWhat’s in Your Application?OPNETAppMapperXpertsoftwareautomaticallydiscoversapplicationandinfrastructurerelation-shipstocreatearuntimeapplicationdependencymap.Itleveragestheinstrumentationalreadyinplaceforapplicationperformancemanagementtobuildacomprehensivemodeloftheapplica-tionecosystem.

Riverbed® OPNET AppSQL Xpert™ SoftwareAgentless Database Performance MonitoringMonitoringOPNETAppSQLXpertsoftwareprovidesdeepvisibilityintodatabasetransactionperformancethroughreal-timemonitoring.Ittracksdatabaseusageformonitoring,trouble-shooting,andperformanceoptimization.OPNETAppSQLXpertsoftware’spassiveapproachimposeszerooverheadondatabaseoperation.

Riverbed® OPNET AppTransaction Xpert™ SoftwareDeep Transaction Performance Analysis and Prediction OPNETAppTransactionXpertsoftwareprovidesdetailedanalysisofmulti-tierapplicationtransac-tions.Usingcode-levelandnetwork-levelforensicdata,itbuildsadetailedtransactionmodelforroot-caseanalysisandpredictivestudies.OPNETAppTransactionXpertPacketTraceWarehouseofferscentralizedcontrolofenterprise-widedesktopagentsthatcollectpackettracesandenvironmentalconditions(CPU,memory,I/O,etc.)fromuserdesktops.Itprovidesafederatedrepos-itoryofforensicdatatoaccelerateperformancetrouble-shootingandapplicationmapping.

Riverbed® OPNET AppSensor Xpert™ SoftwareAgentless Application and Infrastructure MonitoringOPNETAppSensorXpertsoftwareprovidesbroadinfrastructuremonitoring,usingremoteinstru-mentationinterfacestocaptureperformanceinformationfrominfrastructurecomponentsincludingservers,applicationcomponents,theapplicationdeliverynetwork,andvendor-specificmanagementsystems.OPNETAppSensorXpertsoftwaresuppliesreal-timeandhistoricaldataforamorecompletepictureoftheapplication’soperatingenvironment.