Overview of Synthetic Testing

Questions that Synthetic Testing Answers

• Is the device, application, or service available?

• What percentage of the time has the device, application, or service been available?

• When was this device, application, or service unavailable, and why?

• Is the device, application, or service reachable from different locations on the network?

• What are the response times from different locations on the network?

Types of Synthetic Tests

• Ping

• TCP Port

• HTTP

• Selenium

• DNS

• Database

• External script

• LDAP

Test Results Delivered in NetIM and Downstream Solutions

• Status of device, application, or service: up or down

• Percent available over time

• Response time

• Reasons for test failure