What Is PerformanceGuard?

PerformanceGuard is a software solution that monitors your IT systems and tells you if anything is wrong.

Wrong means, for example, unusually long response times, congested networks, unusual resource usage or unusually large amounts of traffic.
Unusual typically means something that crosses a threshold, for example if DNS response time goes above 50 milliseconds. See I Want to Know if Performance Is Good or Bad.

PerformanceGuard reports exactly what’s wrong, and which of your organization’s locations and computers are affected. You can get alerted when something looks like it could go wrong, rather than when it has gone wrong. That way you can fix potential problems before they become real, and users begin to get affected.

With PerformanceGuard you can:

Get fast service
Watch your service providers
Analyze and optimize
Convince people with facts
Keep people informed
Help people fast
Clarify misperceptions

For examples, see Decision Making and the use cases in this section.

Want to know more about how to use PerformanceGuard?

If you’re new to PerformanceGuard, read our Get Started guides: Get Started with the PerformanceGuard Web Interface (that’s the web-based user interface where you view performance data and configure PerformanceGuard) or Get Started as a PerformanceGuard Administrator.

If PerformanceGuard has already collected some performance data for you, we also recommend that you read I Want to Know … (it’s about how to interpret your performance data) and I Want to Know if Performance Is Good or Bad.

Want to know more about how PerformanceGuard works?

For a guided tour of a real PerformanceGuard system, see How Does PerformanceGuard Work? Also, take a look at Concepts and Terminology.

For the technical details, see Technical Reference.