{"id":2783,"date":"2019-07-10T13:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:51:06","slug":"why-you-need-to-administer-a-network-performance-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/why-you-need-to-administer-a-network-performance-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need to Administer a Network Performance Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2784\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm.jpg\" alt=\"Why You Need to Administer a Network Performance Analysis\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-128x64.jpg 128w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2019\/07\/oie_UqnK3Ylqympm-180x90.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Keeping track of your network&#8217;s performance at all times is essential for businesses. Using a network monitoring solution, network teams are able to observe how their network is behaving. They can find network performance issues and optimize their network operations. Another function of <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/5-key-network-monitoring-features-and-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">network performance monitoring (NPM) tools<\/a> is allowing you to administer a network performance analysis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A network performance analysis, as the name suggests, is <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/what-can-you-learn-from-analyzing-network-performance-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the use of network data<\/a> to unpack performance trends. By conducting a performance analysis, your IT team can understand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30022\/network-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why your network is performing<\/a> the way it is. This analysis is an invaluable resource for network teams as it uncovers long-term or emerging network performance problems. Below, we discuss the benefits of a network performance analysis and why your enterprise needs to administer one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"nm-speedbump\" title=\"Download link to Network Monitoring Buyer's Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2021\/04\/Network_Monitoring_Buyers_Guide_Bump_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Integration Buyers Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Establishing and monitoring a network\u00a0baseline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the most important part of network performance analysis is <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/how-network-baselines-help-improve-network-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">establishing a network baseline<\/a>. A network baseline measures how your network performs on a regular basis &#8211; in essence, the typical behavior of your network without any dips or boosts in performance. By analyzing your network performance, you can determine this baseline and compare it continuously against current network behavior.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Performing an analysis for specific network metrics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sometimes, you&#8217;ll want to know more specific information about your network performance. There are plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/network-performance-metrics-7-essential-network-metrics-to-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performance metrics<\/a> that your network is able to analyze, such as bandwidth usage, throughput, packet loss, and latency. If your enterprise wants to examine your network for a specific metric, it can perform an analysis on your network to track that metric over time. This analysis can take both current data and historical data into account; therefore, if you want to see how your bandwidth usage has improved or gotten worse over time, you can track that using the same analysis.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Understanding the limits of your network performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While it&#8217;s important to know your network&#8217;s average performance, you should also know what the upper limits of your network performance are. In other words, you want to know what your potential maximum network performance can be, and a network analysis can help you achieve that. You can also learn how close your network is to its limits; if your baseline performance is close to the maximum levels, you know that your network is fairly optimized.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The value of network performance data<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Networks generate a ton of data every single day. Knowing the importance of this data and how to leverage it is an essential part of a network performance analysis. Logging and storing historical network data means that your IT team can examine the actual event of a performance issue by analyzing real data. Rather than trying to emulate this data, network teams can analyze what actually happened, which can give them insights that are more tailored to their network.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Looking for a solution to help you improve your network performance? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Monitoring Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/a> contains profiles on the top network performance monitor vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>Check us out on\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CloudTechReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> for the latest in Network Monitoring news and developments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"nm-speedbump\" title=\"Download link to Network Monitoring Buyer's Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/get-a-free-network-monitoring-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2021\/04\/Network_Monitoring_Buyers_Guide_Bump_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Integration Buyers Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping track of your network&#8217;s performance at all times is essential for businesses. 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