Network Computing is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Netcordia's NetMRI: Page 2 of 3


Good

• Excellent network diagnostics
• Easy to set up and use
• Useful explanations of why problems have been flagged


Bad

• Flaky SNMP communications


NetMRi 1.3, Campus 200, $24,900; Enterprise 500, $49,900; Enterprise 1000, $84,900. Netcordia, (410) 266-6161 www.netcordia.com

NetMRI includes typical network-management tools that warn of unusually high or low traffic utilization on an interface. A less common but more useful tool warns of any big change in traffic utilization. To accomplish this, NetMRI automatically compares utilization for seven days and displays interfaces that have a high percentage of change. This isn't necessarily an indication of trouble, but it gives you a heads-up.