Application Discovery and Dependency Mapping Software
Discover application network connections by using dependency mapping tools
With SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM), you can poll dependencies and create maps to monitor incoming network connections for a managed server or application. Polling data can allow you to monitor applications with attention to specific nodes.
SolarWinds SAM application discovery tools are designed to provide visibility into server activity, allowing you to view what inbound connections are linked to your application and servers. You can also more easily identify the incoming port, service, and server to determine their internal resource consumption.
Use application dependency mapping software to monitor network communication of dependent services
With an application dependency mapping tool, you can create custom maps of groups or entities to track the response time of dependent services. By visualizing logical and physical relationships, you gain insight into connection ports, services, network latency, packet loss, and TCP data, so you can more quickly troubleshoot issues.
With SAM, you can create and configure interactive maps for applications across your network and the servers they depend on, so you always have a current, in-context understanding of issues.
Configure alerts on network communication issues
SolarWinds SAM is built to allow you to establish custom thresholds and alerts for network latency, packet loss, and uptime monitoring for dependent services. You can set warning or critical thresholds for dependency issues like packet loss, latency, and TCP connection problems.
If an alert is triggered, you can easily use SAM to check the map for contextual, real-time information about multi-tiered applications relying on other services and servers to potentially head off performance issues impacting end users.
Easily monitor application performance alongside overall infrastructure health
Monitoring server health can play an important part of understanding the performance of applications and their dependencies. At the core of SolarWinds SAM is its ability to monitor overall sever and application performance, including monitoring server uptime, providing insights to help you detect hardware failures, and more easily optimize resource utilization.
SAM is designed to enable you to more easily troubleshoot when downtime or other application performance issues occur by providing a comprehensive view into your overall infrastructure.
What are application dependencies?
Applications can run atop several layers of network functionality, which means apps aren’t solely dependent on your network but on servers and TCP components, too. The term “application dependencies” refers to the network aspects enabling your applications to run. Dependencies can also include other applications, since applications running on the same network are often interdependent and intercommunicative.
What is application dependency mapping?
Dependencies can be numerous and complex, with data being transmitted both to and from your running applications. Application dependency mapping is the process of visually displaying updated data about your monitored network components and their relationships.
How does a dependency mapping tool work?
An application dependency mapping tool is designed to create visual overviews of your applications and server to provide insights into dependencies and the status of your monitored components. This view can help you gain a real-time understanding of issues for at-a-glance troubleshooting and the ability to drill down for more details. You can also configure the maps by adjusting the colors, labels, and more.
Instead of digging through your many network components, a dependency mapping tool can allow you to instantly see connections and their statuses.Why is application dependency mapping important?
Application dependency mapping allows you to constantly monitor your application infrastructure, visualize your dependencies using user-friendly graphics, and enhance troubleshooting with live metrics. By improving the monitoring and troubleshooting process, you can help ensure the business maximizes productive uptime.
When you experience application performance slowdown or shutdown, a good dependency map can help you more quickly answer questions like:
- Are my application issues due to a particular node?
- Are my issues being caused by faulty network communication with one of the dependencies?
- Are they a memory or capacity issue, or the result of an internal app malfunction?
With this level of at-a-glance insight, you can potentially spend less time figuring out performance issues.
How does dependency mapping work in Server & Application Monitor?
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is built to offer many features to potentially make application discovery and dependency mapping both more accurate and more efficient.
SolarWinds SAM offers two distinct ways to poll dependencies: Application Dependency polling and Connection Quality polling
- Application Dependency polling maps the interactions between your applications and their server-based subsidiaries. SAM can discover and monitor multiple unique connections between application and server, including application to application, application to node, and node to application.
- Connection Quality polling detects network transmission data, another key element of a dependency map. This polling device can track your TCP data traveling from client nodes to your target nodes. It can also act as a packet sniffer, allowing your dependency map to differentiate between latency and packet loss for easier troubleshooting.
Another key feature of SAM dependency mapping is its Connection Details page, which can provide an intuitive, real-time look into each granular aspect of your dependency monitoring setup. The Connection Details page also offers a view into your application processes, process status, latency, packet loss, and can even display data on ports for connections.
- What are application dependencies?
- What is application dependency mapping?
- How does a dependency mapping tool work?
- Why is application dependency mapping important?
- How does dependency mapping work in Server & Application Monitor?
What are application dependencies?
Applications can run atop several layers of network functionality, which means apps aren’t solely dependent on your network but on servers and TCP components, too. The term “application dependencies” refers to the network aspects enabling your applications to run. Dependencies can also include other applications, since applications running on the same network are often interdependent and intercommunicative.
Gain instant application visibility with a dependency mapping tool
Server & Application Monitor
- Visualize your network by using application dependency mapping software.
- Monitor network communication with dependency mapping.
- Get alerts on application dependency network issues.
