JP2005278080A - Network improvement consulting method and network improvement system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method by which various troubles of the network are solved, the use of the network by a customers' system is made comfortable, the extension of the network can be attained at a proper time depending on the amount of change in a network utilization state, the utilizing state of application software is provided to the customer, and consulting is conducted to improve the network so that the customer can strategically use the network, and to provide the network improvement system. <P>SOLUTION: The customer uses the consulting method to consult the network improvement system about the improvement of the network, and the system detects the bottleneck of resources such as an agent 11: a server 3; a switching hub 13; a router 14; and a network 15 configuring the customer's network system 1 by using a posting server 22; a VS poller 22; a service center computer 31; and a VS reporter 32. The increase in a band usage rate by the network 15, the increase in the usage rate of communication ports by the server 12, the increase in the entire amount of packets per the switching hub 13, and the increase in a CPU usage rate per the router 14 are detected, which are decided to be occurrence of the bottleneck. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a network improvement consulting method and a network improvement system, and more particularly, to a method for detecting a network resource that is a bottleneck and consulting for improvement of a network system.

  For the realization of an advanced information society, information and communication devices such as client computers, network administrator computers, servers, HUBs, and routers are networked via LANs (premises networks) established by companies, etc. It is connected to a public network such as a WAN (Wide Area Network) and can use the Internet or the like. For this reason, if performance degradation or the like occurs in this network, it will greatly affect the network user. Therefore, it has been proposed to install a monitoring device in the network.

  The conventional network performance management service is not sufficient because it targets the performance management of a single network device, and the performance management target is expanded to include all network devices, data volume, and application software usage status. More accurate bottleneck analysis and improvement, and tuning consultation are desired.

  The present invention solves the conventional problems. By collecting network resource statistical information and information such as errors and responses experienced by end users, (1) various network problems can be solved. To make it easier to use the network of the customer system, (2) enable network expansion at an appropriate time based on the amount of change in the network usage status, (3) provide usage status of application software, It is an object of the present invention to provide a consulting method and a network improvement system for improving the network so that it can be used strategically.

  The present invention uses a posting server, a VS poller, a service center computer, and a VS reporter to detect bottlenecks of resources such as agents, servers, switching hubs, routers, and networks constituting a customer network system. Network improvement consulting method, including an increase in the bandwidth usage rate of the network, an increase in the usage rate of the server communication port, an increase in the total amount of packets per switching hub, or a router rate This is a network improvement consulting method that detects an increase in CPU usage and determines that a bottleneck has occurred.

  In addition, the present invention includes a posting server, a VS poller, a service center computer, and a VS reporter, and detects a bottleneck of resources such as agents, servers, switching hubs, routers, and networks constituting a customer network system. A network improvement system having a means for detecting an increase in the bandwidth of the network.

  And this invention is a network improvement system which has a means to detect the zone | band increase of the communication port of the said server.

  Furthermore, the present invention is a network improvement system having means for detecting an increase in the total amount of packets per one switching hub.

  The present invention is also a network improvement system having means for detecting an increase in the usage rate per router.

  According to the present invention, various network problems can be solved, the use of the customer's system network can be made comfortable, the network can be expanded at an appropriate time from the amount of change in the network usage status, and the usage status of the application software To provide customers with strategic network use.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.
Embodiments of a network improvement consulting method and a network improvement system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a network improvement system used in the embodiment.

  Examples will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the network improvement system used in this embodiment includes a posting server 21, a VS polar 22, a service center computer 31, a VS reporter 32, a router 33, and the like. The posting server 21 and the VS polar 22 are connected to the agent 11, the server 12, the switching HUB 13, and the router 14 that constitute the customer network 1 via the network 15. The service center computer 31, the VS reporter 32 and the router 33 are connected to the customer network 1 via the network line 4. The network improvement system used in this embodiment is a means for detecting an increase in the bandwidth usage rate of a network, a means for detecting an increase in the usage rate of a server communication port, and an increase in the total amount of packets per switching hub. And a means for detecting an increase in the CPU usage rate per router.

  The posting server 21 receives information from the agent 11 at an interval of, for example, once / one hour, and receives error information when an error occurs in the agent 11. The VS poller 22 is equipped with software that collects information such as network usage, error occurrence, and network device performance information, such as a vital suite (product name), and includes an agent 11, a server 12, a switching HUB 13, and a router 14. Raw data is collected from the network 15 etc. at intervals of 5 minutes. In addition, it is equipped with an aggregator that is software that processes the information collected by the VS polarizer 22 into statistical information per hour, and can find bottlenecks from information such as the server 12, switching HUB 13, and router 14. The bottleneck information is sent to the display device 16 via the VS reporter 32. The service center computer 31 is equipped with a VS master, which is software for instructing the VS poller and aggregator. The VS reporter 32 creates a report based on statistical information and the like, and transmits the created report to the display device 16 of the customer network connected to the Internet via the routers 33 and 14. The VS polar 22, the routers 14 and 33, and the service center computer 31 constitute a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in which an Internet address (IP address) is specified between routers, and the Internet can be used as a dedicated line. Become.

  A normal operation in the network improvement system of this embodiment will be described. When an error occurs in the agent 11, error information is sent to the posting server 21. The posting server 21 receives the information of the agent 11, for example, once per hour. The VS polarizer 22 collects raw data from the server 12, switching HUB 13, router 14, etc., for example, once every 5 minutes. Next, the aggregator uses the information of the VS polar 22 and creates statistical information at intervals of, for example, once / hour. According to the created statistical information, for example, whether the network bandwidth usage rate exceeds 30%, or the server communication port usage rate is extremely large compared to the server usage rate, or the total packet amount in the switching hub is switched. It is possible to know the network resource that is the bottleneck by determining that the amount is too much compared with the performance of the hub or the CPU usage rate in the router is too large compared with the performance of the router. The statistical information created by the aggregator is transmitted to and stored in the service center computer 31 via the router 14, the network line 4, and the router 33. The VS reporter 32 uses the statistical information stored in the service center computer 31 and displays it on the display device 16 of the customer network via the Internet line 4. The administrator of the customer network can obtain network statistical information from the display device 16.

  The network improvement consulting in this embodiment will be described. The service center computer 31 determines from the collected information a resource that is or is likely to cause a bottleneck. As resources, there are a server 12, a switching HUB 13, a router 14, a network 15, and the like. The service center, for example, increases the network bandwidth (from 10M to 100M, 1G, and 10G), increases the server communication port bandwidth, and improves the switching hub performance (increase the number of units) by grasping the resource that has become the bottleneck. (Or performance improvement) and router performance improvement (enhancement or performance improvement). In this way, the customer can be consulted for network system improvement.

Explanatory drawing of the network improvement system used in an Example.

Explanation of symbols

11 Agent 12 Server 13 Switching HUB
14 router 15 network 16 display device 21 posting server 22 VS polar 31 service center computer 32 VS reporter 33 router 4 network line

Claims (5)

Use a posting server, VS poller, service center computer, and VS reporter to detect bottlenecks in resources such as agents, servers, switching hubs, routers, and networks that make up the customer's network system. A method of consulting,
The bottleneck is detected by detecting an increase in the bandwidth usage of the network, an increase in the usage rate of the server communication port, an increase in the total amount of packets per switching hub, or an increase in the CPU usage rate per router. A network improvement consulting method characterized in that it is determined to occur. Provide a posting server, VS poller, service center computer, and VS reporter, and improve network by detecting bottlenecks of resources such as agents, servers, switching hubs, routers and networks that make up customer network systems A system,
A network improvement system comprising means for detecting an increase in bandwidth of the network. The network improvement system according to claim 2,
A network improvement system comprising means for detecting an increase in bandwidth of a communication port of the server. The network improvement system according to claim 2,
A network improvement system comprising means for detecting an increase in the total amount of packets per said switching hub. The network improvement system according to claim 2,
A network improvement system comprising means for detecting an increase in usage rate per said router.

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