[VoiceOps] VQManager (Tim Donahue) From Chet

Thu Feb 17 17:12:28 EST 2011

What model switch were you using?

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Chet Curry <CCurry at telovations.com> wrote:
> Initially we checked out VQManger.  It is good for enterprises yet if you are a service provider and need to go over 1000 concurrent calls this solution is not for you.
> We have been using Palladion for the past few months.  Engineering and NOC are very happy with the product.  No matter what product you use I would suggest using Taps for your voice traffic.
> Initially we were using SPAN ports off of cisco switches and we were getting horrible packet drops.  Once we put the taps in the MOS scores were shown properly.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Hi all,
>
> I was looking around for voice quality analyzers for our voice
> network, and after getting over the sticker shock from one of the
> "hardware" based companies, I came across VQManager from ManageEngine.
> I am planning on installing it on a test server, and throwing some
> traffic at it off of a SPAN port, but I was hoping someone here would
> have some insight as to how well their system works.  Looking at their
> online demo site, some of the features (like the call ladder
> generation) seem like they would be quite useful for troubleshooting,
> but if the quality monitoring doesn't work too I won't be able to sell
> the idea of using it to management.
>
> Has anyone here used VQManager on the ITSP level? How is the
> scalability? Have you found their Quality/MoS calculations to reflect
> reality or at least your user's perception of reality? ;)
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Tim
>
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> From: Ujjval Karihaloo <ujjval at simplesignal.com>
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> Subject: [VoiceOps] Level 3 still having issues?
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> We have noticed traffic inbound into our network flopping between our 2 locations in CA and CO.
> On talking with our ISP they have not re-peered with Level 3 as of yesterday 4 pm MST
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> Have anyone else out there noticed it?
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> Ujjval Karihaloo
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> From: Tim Donahue <tim.donahue at gmail.com>
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> Hi all,
>
> I was looking around for voice quality analyzers for our voice
> network, and after getting over the sticker shock from one of the
> "hardware" based companies, I came across VQManager from ManageEngine.
> I am planning on installing it on a test server, and throwing some
> traffic at it off of a SPAN port, but I was hoping someone here would
> have some insight as to how well their system works.  Looking at their
> online demo site, some of the features (like the call ladder
> generation) seem like they would be quite useful for troubleshooting,
> but if the quality monitoring doesn't work too I won't be able to sell
> the idea of using it to management.
>
> Has anyone here used VQManager on the ITSP level? How is the
> scalability? Have you found their Quality/MoS calculations to reflect
> reality or at least your user's perception of reality? ;)
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Tim
>
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> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:31:02 -0500
> From: Michael Lauricella <mlauricella at gmail.com>
> To: Tim Donahue <tim.donahue at gmail.com>
> Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] VQManager
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> I haven't used VQ manager but I know that the PALLADION solution from IPTEGO
> does everything you are looking for and then some.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Tim Donahue <tim.donahue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was looking around for voice quality analyzers for our voice
>> network, and after getting over the sticker shock from one of the
>> "hardware" based companies, I came across VQManager from ManageEngine.
>> I am planning on installing it on a test server, and throwing some
>> traffic at it off of a SPAN port, but I was hoping someone here would
>> have some insight as to how well their system works.  Looking at their
>> online demo site, some of the features (like the call ladder
>> generation) seem like they would be quite useful for troubleshooting,
>> but if the quality monitoring doesn't work too I won't be able to sell
>> the idea of using it to management.
>>
>> Has anyone here used VQManager on the ITSP level? How is the
>> scalability? Have you found their Quality/MoS calculations to reflect
>> reality or at least your user's perception of reality? ;)
>>
>> Thank you for your input.
>>
>> Tim
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