HP Ships System Performance-monitoring Module for TopTools 4.5 Value Pack.High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 System Performance Advisor Helps IT Managers Achieve Optimal Performance, Availability from PC Networks Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the availability of a system-performance module for HP TopTools 4.5 Value Pack, offering IT administrators extensive system performance-monitoring capabilities. The system performance advisor module uses new Windows(R) Management Interface-based (WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) A programming interface (API) in Windows that allows system and network devices to be configured and managed. WMI is based on WBEM, which stores all definitions in a CIM database. ) performance agents for HP and non-HP systems to help IT managers derive optimal performance and availability from their PC networks. System performance advisor provides global, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. monitoring of CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , memory, disk I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and storage performance for PC and PC server systems. It allows IT managers to define specific groups of PCs and servers within a network to monitor these parameters. The module features configurable sampling and threshold settings, performance-related alerting, automatic agent deployment, and drill-down trend analysis on any monitored system. "System performance advisor lets IT administrators monitor an entire network's performance at a glance so they can quickly detect bottlenecks and analyze critical trends using the HP TopTools Web-based interface," said Jeffrey Ben, TopTools Value Pack product manager for HP's Network Server Division. "For tasks such as migrating to Windows 2000, IT managers can now use TopTools Value Pack not only to inventory CPUs, memory, and hard-disk space on a network's PCs, but also to chart current system performance trends." "System performance advisor helps me identify PC workstations on the network that are low on disk space," said John Hartzell, systems engineer at Cleveland-based Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. Inc., which publishes trade magazines and Web sites and produces trade shows and conferences. "It gives me real-time feedback on bottlenecked systems and lets me spot performance trends within our network to more easily identify systems that need upgrades. I look forward to using system performance advisor as a base-lining tool, and I'm confident it will improve my network growth planning." System Performance Advisor Features The system performance advisor module includes the following features:
-- Global status view -- pie charts display overall performance
status of each monitored group.
-- Device system status -- tabbed device lists display each
system's overall condition and real-time resource use.
-- Data collection and graphing -- performance graphs display
sampled parameters' trends over the last hour, day or month
for any monitored system.
-- Thresholding, alerting and reporting -- user-configurable
thresholds trigger status displays and alerts and can initiate
e-mail or paging notification. Events recorded in HP TopTools
Value Pack's alert log and most frequent alerts report help
administrators determine if performance is a factor in system
degradation or failure.
-- Windows support and automatic deployment -- a WMI-based
performance agent is remotely deployable for Windows NT(R)
systems, taking advantage of built-in system-performance
monitoring by HP TopTools agents on HP desktops running
Windows 9x. A new DMI-based agent monitors non-HP systems
running Windows 9x.
-- Full integration with HP TopTools Value Pack -- system
performance advisor is an integrated part of HP TopTools Value
Pack, which also offers custom inventory reporting, PC remote
control and advanced alerting and discovery capabilities.
HP TopTools 4.5 Value Pack The HP TopTools 4.5 Value Pack is a specially enhanced version of TopTools 4.5 designed for medium-sized environments in need of comprehensive, easy-to-use hardware inventory, fault, remote configuration, and performance management of devices on a network. U.S. Pricing and Availability Owners of HP TopTools 4.5 Value Pack can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. system performance advisor for free from the HP TopTools Web site at http://www.hp.com/toptools. New customers can order HP TopTools 4.5 Value Pack with system performance advisor from resellers or directly from the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. above for $995(1). The system performance advisor module includes an unlimited license for monitoring HP systems and 10 non-HP agent licenses. Additional non-HP agent licenses are available for $8(1) per monitored system. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing computing - computer and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructure that's always on. Excluding Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , HP has 86,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. (1) Estimated U.S. street price. Actual prices may vary. Windows and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. |
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