Setting up the Critical Resource Definitions

Each Host Monitor tracks up to 1200 critical resources for response time and availability monitoring. As each critical resource is set up, you must determine the interval or frequency at which it is monitored and the packet sizes to be sent for simulating traffic patterns. How these factors are set up is dependent upon network load, peak hours of operation, and the reasons for which you are gathering data. Defaults are provided for both the frequency and packet size. However, these may change based upon your objectives, such as matching particular applications to the devices they use or testing for fragmentation on the network. In addition, you may wish to set Alerts for certain critical resources depending upon the reasons for gathering data.

Performance data, real-time and historical, may be accessed without configuring any Critical Resources. Real-Time Graphs and Reports provide information on the top ten clients and current workload as long as the Host Monitor is running.

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