This post is written by Eric Thomas, Principal Solutions Architect at ExtraHop Networks.
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we imagined the perfect framework for no-impact monitoring of an application stack and found it was right in front of us all along in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Today, we delve into the particulars of TCP measurement, particularly five TCP metrics featured in the analysis of the ExtraHop system: Retransmissions, Retransmission Timeouts (RTOs), Round-Trip Time (RTT), Aborts, Throttling, and Zero Windows.
Read more on TCP: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 2…