Niksun NetVCR®: The "black box" for networks
Scalable Modular Architecture
Web Browser Interface
Easy Integration with Niksun NetDetector™

  Niksun NetVCR®: The "Black Box" for Networks
Does the service level you receive—or deliver—meet contractual agreements? Is the quality of service (QoS) sufficiently high for the needs of specific users, applications and operating scenarios? Are you effectively managing your distributed multi-vendor network for optimization?

These and other questions are readily and continuously answered with NetVCR, Niksun's flagship product for performance management. Using Niksun patent-pending technology, NetVCR helps you maintain high levels of network performance and availability by recording data traffic in real time and identifying performance problems or capacity constraints of an entire network, individual link or specific application. NetVCR shows you when and where performance falls below the specified service level, not only confirming the cause of the problem but also showing you how to fix it.

  Scalable Modular Architecture
NetVCR integrates a variety of capabilities in a self-contained appliance architecture that scales flexibly to support both large and small networks and expands easily to handle new applications and services without the need for replacing the entire appliance.

Niksun currently offers two appliance models for 19-inch rackmount installation and a portable model (NK-3100PB) for laboratory and field use. The common appliance platform is based on an Intel motherboard with single or dual 800 MHz CPUs, a standard 512 MB RAM expandable to 1GB, and Seagate 73 GB disk packs for onboard storage. Each model supports all major transfer protocols as well as a wide variety of physical interfaces.

The NK-2000SL rackmount model, a 2U unit with four disk bays and two 66 MHz PCI slots, is ideal for use in small networks or as a distributed appliance in a large network node.

The NK-3200RC appliance is on a 5U chassis incorporating 10 disk bays, six PCI slots (two 66 MHz and four 33 MHz), and a SCSI disk controller providing an additional SCSI port. It can be configured with a wide array of application, processor, storage and network interface cards to meet the specific requirements of the larger network.

  Web Browser Interface
A standard Java-enabled browser is the only software you need to access and interface with the NetVCR appliance. Multiple users can simultaneously browse the information produced by the appliances, a feature allowing easy collaboration among administrators across the globe. Individual access restrictions can be applied to ensure proper role-based access control. And administrators can use the web GUI to remotely configure and manage individual appliances.

  Easy Integration with Niksun NetDetector™
NK-2000SL, NK-3200RC and NK-3100PB units are also the platforms for NetDetector, Niksun's software application for sophisticated intrusion detection and alarming. To learn more about NetDetector—the second line of defense in network security—visit our Network Security page.

Learn more about NetDetector and other Niksun solutions:
Download NetVCR literature (PDF, 290 KB)
Download NetDetector literature (PDF, 450 KB)
Download white paper "Managing Enterprise Networks" (PDF, 185 KB)
Download comprehensive PDF file (910 KB)