Application Performance Engineering Blog – Shunra Software

WAN symptoms within Cloud type Data Centers – Why would we test something like this?

WAN symptoms in question are latency, packet loss, disconnects, bit errors, etc. usually exist on Wide Area Networks and as a result cause applications performance degradation. But our WAN’s essentially are LAN’s connected with each other and those connections impose geographical distance between those LANs, thus creating “WAN behavior”. Inside individual LANs those issues happen [...]

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“Blue Water” Data Center

I read a couple of days ago that Google has filed for a patent for an “off-shore water based data center,” basically a data center located on a barge, a large flat bottom vessel, loaded with servers and communication gear. The advantages for cooling such a data center are quite obvious, but also, utilizing “wave [...]

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Using WAN Emulation to get the most out of your OPNET investment

Time and time again, I hear people telling me how vital OPNET analysis is for their applications. Whether you’re moving or consolidating a data center, deploying a new product, or simply debugging an issue with an existing problem, the detailed information that OPNET products can provide can be critical to your success.

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