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USC Introduction to perfSONAR

perfSONAR, performance Service-Oriented Network monitoring ARchitecture, is used by science networks and facilities worldwide to monitor and ensure network performance.

Lab Details

perfSONAR, performance Service-Oriented Network monitoring ARchitecture, is used by science networks and facilities worldwide to monitor and ensure network performance. As described on the perfSONAR website, “perfSONAR is a software product to monitor networks for performance discrepancies, on an end-to-end basis, ensuring friction-free use for scientific applications.” Visit the perfSONAR website to learn more.

Features

Module List

Labs
Lab 01: Configuring Administrative Information Using perfSONAR Toolkit GUI
Lab 02: perfSONAR Metrics and Tools
Lab 03: Configuring Regular Tests Using perfSONAR Graphical User Interface
Lab 04: Configuring Regular Tests Using pScheduler CLI Part I
Lab 05: Configuring Regular Tests Using pScheduler CLI Part II
Lab 06: Bandwidth-Delay Product and TCP Buffer Size
Lab 07: Configuring Regular Tests Using a pSConfig Template
Lab 08: perfSONAR Monitoring and Debugging Dashboard
Lab 09: pSConfig Web Administrator
Lab 10: Configuring pScheduler Limits

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