Ana, I believe a number of our campuses are using Packeteer; I
haven't heard mention of any of the others.
David
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At 7:36 PM -0500 on 1/31/01, Ana Preston wrote:
>[an article on different bandwidth management control products] Could
>anybody share with the list their university's experience if you are using
>any one of these mentioned products? are there others out there that are
>not mentioned? According to the article, these products range from $2,500
>US all the way up to $24,000 US. Who is using these? Packeteer claims
>that over 110 universities are deploying PacketShaper. Would love to hear
>your take on this. If you prefer, reply to me and if there is enough
>interest, I will summarize for the list.
>--ana
>
>>From ZDNet Interactive IWeek [original article posted on 01/30/01;
>http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2680081,00.html]
>
>"Bandwidth Patrol: Who Has It, Who Controls It, Who Shapes It?
>No matter where you stand on the Napster question - whether you
>lean toward the one-big-happy-file-sharing-village notion or the
>credo, 'Thou shalt not steal music' - last year's Napster dust-up
>certainly left one lasting legacy. The controversy alerted many
>companies and universities to the need to monitor, protect and
>control their own bandwidth - before the peer-to-peer legal kinks
>are worked out and the market is flooded with even more hungry
>file-sharers and network neighbors."
>
>The article then looks at a number of bandwidth management products.
>
>- QoSWorks, QoSDirector and QoSArray (from Sitara) "a hollistic
>perspective on bandwidth management"
>
>- PacketShaper from Packeteer "over 110 universities have deployed the
>solution since September" [really? is this true?]
>
>- PacketHound from Pallisade Systems "a network guard dog" "before
>bringing in the hound, however, concerned network administrators can
>download a little canine sniffer to find out which packets are already
>sneaking through the door" PacketPup: "the big pooch comes to the rescue!"
>
>- NetReality "goes beyond bandwidth shaping by monitoring all traffic"
>
>- Floodgate-1 from Checkpoint Software Technologies "we are good news to
>Napster users. The knee-jerk reaction is to use firewalls or a router to
>shut down Napster. That doesn't make Napster people very happy. let's
>figure out what is important, give it priority and let Napster use the
>unusued bandwidth in between. Most Napster users don't really care if it
>takes an extra 10 seconds to download anyway."
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