Wide Area Network (WAN) Service
Best practices to right-size consumption
- Implement WAN Capacity Management Process: Select transport circuit speed and capacity based on business and application needs.
- If a circuit trends "Hot" (50 percent or more monthly average), upgrade circuit.
- If a circuit trends "Cold" (1 percent or less monthly average), determine if circuit is needed and disable/disconnect if appropriate.
- Audit physical WAN devices for usage, virtualize if possible, and decommission devices that are not in use.
- Long term: Move to SDWAN to consolidate devices and potentially reduce bandwidth usage.
Sources of Information and Reports
- Invoice Detail Report on ITFM
- WAN Hot/Cold Utilization Report
- Agency Vital Net (more information than Hot/Cold Report)
Request Service Change
- Submit a request in the GETS Service Catalog: Network Services > WAN Services.
See also a glossary of GETS terms in the PDF below offering useful descriptions of elements referenced above:
