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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is Latency

Latency refers to the amount of time that elapses between the making of an I/O request and completion of the request’s execution. A typical example of the way latency issues can negatively impact users is a web site that responds slowly to page requests. Apparent latency issues may be caused by network responsiveness rather than application responsiveness.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Latency

Network Device Monitor

Monitor the real-time performance and health of a single device on your network with a cool desktop dashboard. Get started immediately with "out-of-the-box" monitors for Juniper® devices, Cisco ASA appliances, HP Procurve equipment, Cisco switches, and more.

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Real-time NetFlow Analyzer

This awesome free network traffic analyzer captures and analyzes NetFlow data in real time to show you exactly what types of traffic are on your network, where that traffic is coming from, and where it is going.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Latency

Orion NPM v9.5.1 - Evaluation

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages—before you start getting calls asking if the network is down. And Orion NPM is the easiest product of its kind to deploy, use, and maintain. That means you can spend your time actually managing your network, not supporting your network management software. Learn More »

Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Module

Orion Network Traffic Analyzer captures and analyzes flow data to deliver a complete picture of network traffic, identifying who and what are consuming your bandwidth. Learn More »