Server Architecture & Network
Monitoring Solution
Pearl Echo's design is based on an independent agent-server
architecture. By creating an independent service, Pearl Echo is
not affected by high traffic volumes, how users access the Internet,
or where your end users are physically located. Pearl Echo's agent-server
technology does not suffer from the performance and security problems
of proxy monitoring solutions or from the overload and network dependency
limitations of network sniffer solutions.
The Pearl Echo Server software runs as an independent service resident
on one of your Windows Domain or Stand Alone Severs or on a Windows
Workstation. The user or group Internet access rules you create
at the Pearl Echo server are retrieved by your managed workstations
through a secure, zero-maintenance agent you automatically deploy
on your Windows workstations or Terminal Servers.
LAN/WAN/Internet Setup
Terminal Server or Citrix Server Setup
The same secure agent is responsible for sending -- or echoing -- actual or attempted Internet transactions back to the Pearl Echo server. For ultimate efficiency, Internet access decisions are made at the client agent. Data to be logged is first compressed by the agent before being sent back to the server on a path that is not dependent upon the path the workstation uses to access the Internet. The Pearl Echo Workstation agent can be installed from the Pearl Echo CD or automatically deployed with the Windows Installer files provided with Pearl Echo. In a Terminal Services or Citrix environment, the secure agent is simply loaded on the Terminal/Citrix server. Once deployed, the Pearl Echo Workstation agent is self-maintaining; the Workstation agent automatically gathers any updates or upgrades to Pearl Echo when you update your Pearl Echo server.
With Pearl Echo's Mobility Monitor™ technology, managed workstations can be connected to your local area network, wide area network or completely detached from your private network. The Pearl Echo Workstation agent does its job no matter how or where your users connect to the Internet.
Pearl Echo's agent-server technology is extremely efficient, has a small footprint, adds negligible network traffic, and scales well due to its agent-server architecture. Because Pearl Echo runs as its own service, Echo has no dependencies on legacy proxy servers or firewalls.
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System Architecture - Echo•Suite
