Visual Baselines - Maximizing Economies of Scale Using Round Robin Databases

The scope of this paper is to demonstrate how using visual baselines can effectively increase your capabilities of discovering anomalies on your network. This paper will discuss Round Robin Databases and how to implement them in your environment as well as installing RRDtool and Cacti as tools to utilize in your environment. They will be installed in a fictitious environment belonging to a company called Canadian Maple Designs. This company has patented a specialized treatment for wood products and understands the need to protect its information assets.