it_user291504

Network Engineer II at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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Over 10 years ago

Contributed a review of Sophos UTM: Configuring the network was the easiest part of implementation, but the internet failover needs to work better.

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: What solution would you recommend for monitoring traffic utilization of leased lines?

I use Solarwinds NPM for almost all of my end-to-end monitoring. Once it is set up, it works very well, using SNMP to monitor the routers on both ends and tell you everything you can imagine about that device (we only use Cisco gear).

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Network Performance Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Typically I'm looking for latency, packet loss, total bandwidth utilization, QoS and jitter.

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation?

From purely a performance perspective, ESXi is a better choice. The hypervisor is running directly on the hardware as opposed to running on an existing OS. ESXi has direct access to the hardware without going through a 3rd party so to speak, the performance gains are…

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: Do you think there is a minimum critical threshold that justifies the deployment of the System Center suite?

I believe the answer is "it depends". How much visibility do you need into your servers, network, applications? All of these questions need to be answered before you can justify the System Center Suite of products. A typical small business could live with a server going…

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: Which is the best network monitoring tool: Zabbix or Solarwinds? Pros and Cons?

I would prefer Solarwinds for straight up network monitoring any day of the week. It offers so much in the way of reporting and analysis, it's hard to beat. I'll admit that I'm slightly biased to Solarwinds because I use it more, but I also think that says a lot because…

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Application Performance Management, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Being able to see every transaction and tracking of the performance of what the end user sees.

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Server Virtualization Software, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

For me, the most important factor is whether it meets the customer's needs or not. There are many use cases for all of the virtualization platforms and not one does everything perfectly. Price is always a factor in meeting the customer's needs, a lot of times the feature…

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Event Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

For me, the right tool would be something that gathers as much data as possible for each event and allows the user to customize what they want to display. Not everyone needs to see the same information and everyone should not be treated the same way. Customization is key.

Experience

Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Sophos UTM

Configuring the network was the easiest part of implementation, but the internet failover needs to work better.

Answers

Over 10 years ago

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

What solution would you recommend for monitoring traffic utilization of leased lines?

Over 10 years ago

Network Monitoring Software

When evaluating Network Performance Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Over 10 years ago

Server Virtualization Software

VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation?

Over 10 years ago

Application Infrastructure

Do you think there is a minimum critical threshold that justifies the deployment of the System Center suite?

Over 10 years ago

Network Monitoring Software

Which is the best network monitoring tool: Zabbix or Solarwinds? Pros and Cons?

Over 10 years ago

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

When evaluating Application Performance Management, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Over 10 years ago

Server Virtualization Software

When evaluating Server Virtualization Software, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Over 10 years ago

Event Monitoring

When evaluating Event Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

About me

Network Engineer with a proven track record of problem resolution and implementation success. I treat every challenge uniquely and from start to finish am fully engaged. I enjoy coming to work every day because I know there will be a new challenge waiting for me, allowing me the freedom to work independently and collaboratively as needed.

Education

Milwaukee Area Technical College