Agilent HP J3961A Ganymede Software's Chariot 2.2 NT Console - 10 Connections

Chariot provides active end-to-end network performance management, for a meaningful view of how new applications and hardware will perform in today's complex networks.

Running as a set of coordinated network programs that simulate the data traffic of real applications, Chariot can evaluate the performance of a single device, such as a router, adapter or switch, or it can measure the end-to-end performance of a complex network.

Chariot is comprised of two components: a console and network performance endpoints (NPEs). Users create and run tests at the console, which distributes test instructions to the endpoints. Each endpoint is a "skinny" network application that understands how to execute test scripts over different protocols. The console collects results from the endpoints and generates a report with critical information about the application -- response time, transaction rates, and throughput.

Chariot's design allows it to run very large tests, whether in a test lab or between endpoints throughout the network.

Features:

• Chariot saves time and money in production networks
  • Avoid downtime by stress testing your network after changing configurations. Have you ever made changes to your network over the weekend and returned on Monday to find that your users have discovered a problem? Network downtime can be expensive. Using Chariot to stress test your entire network from a single console makes these unpleasant surprises much less likely.
  • Predict the effect of running new applications. Many modern applications transfer large amounts of data, including high-density images. Using Chariot, you can simulate the application, measure response time, and measure the changes to the performance of other applications in your network. You can anticipate and prevent problems instead of reacting to them.
  • Tune your network instead of buying new equipment. After tuning your network, how do you measure its performance? Do you struggle to get the answers from tools that were not designed to measure end-to-end performance, or, worse, do you assume that it's better? Chariot gives you the accurate, repeatable measurements that make it easier to get the most performance out of your network investment.
  • Evaluate the performance you're getting from network service providers. Services such as frame relay are often provided with a Committed Information Rate (CIR). By placing endpoints at both ends of such a service, you can measure the throughput you are receiving and determine if you are getting the best value for your investment.
  • Identify the source of performance problems. When performance problems arise it can be difficult to determine where the problem lies. Chariot allows you to test the network using the application's network flows, but without the application. This makes it simpler to isolate the problem areas.
  
  
• Chariot provides real value for corporate test labs
  • Test the performance and capacity of products you are evaluating. Chariot can be used to test almost any networking product. Use it to predict the performance of new WAN technologies, like switching or frame relay. Because the tests are driven from the application layer, you get results that accurately predict the performance of your company's applications over the new topology.
  • Create flexible, easy-to-use test scenarios. You can create any mix of protocols and network traffic from the set of application scripts we provide. You can emulate applications such as inquiry, SAP R/3, Lotus Notes, or Internet HTTP transfers. Once you have the test scenario you want, it is extremely simple to rerun. Just load the test and run it again. Save the results from different runs for comparisons.
  • Compare performance of service providers. Use Chariot to compare the services of providers. Save money by selecting the one that is most efficient for your traffic mix.
  • Run with real multiprotocol support. You can mix protocols in a test to measure the effect of one protocol on another, and change a script from one protocol to another with the click of a mouse.
  • Scale your testing. Support hundreds of simultaneous connections in a test. Each computer running as an endpoint can support multiple connections running different application scripts, and can mix protocols. With very little investment in time and equipment, you can run very robust tests of capacity and throughput. Two workstations can virtually saturate a LAN segment.
  • Install in minutes. It's simple to get started running tests. PC Week Test Labs reported: "Installation was a snap: We got endpoints running on our test machines in less than 2 minutes. Chariot simulates a wide variety of applications such as databases, eliminating the need to install individual applications to test."

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Agilent HP J3961A Ganymede Software's Chariot 2.2 NT Console - 10 Connections