Network test

[biglebowski]

We have 7 sites throughout europe (germany, italy and belgium) all connected via sattelite and microwave. We have oracle databases in each location that are replicating back to 2 sites. We are experiencing majors problems with the rep failing and are seeing lots of tns errors and want to run a test to see if it is caused by a poor network (also need evidence). Is there a s/w product out there I can use that I can put on 2 different servers and run a test over 12 hours to check the status of the network connection. It also needs to be able to generate a report. I can only think this could be some sort of ping app.

Thanks in advance

That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

 

[mitchen]

I've never actually used this software but a colleague at a previous company I worked for used to swear by it and it sounds like it could be the kind of thing you are looking for. Its called Q Check - you can check it out here:

http://www.ixiacom.com/products/performance_applications/pa_display.php?skey=pa_q_check