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Console Features:
Observer Basic Features
Expert Observer
Observer Suite
Gigabit Observer
WAN Observer

Probes:
GigaStor
Distributed Probes

Specific Technologies:
Wireless
VoIP
Gigabit
Application Analysis
Network Recorder / Forensics
WAN Observer

 

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GigaStor Captures Terabytes of Traffic at Gigabit Line Rate for Data Mining and Network Forensics

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Today’s network problems have become more subtle and complex. Enterprise IT administrators at transaction and data-driven corporations deal with intricate network issues while continuing to worry about computer hacking, intellectual property theft and complying with industry regulations. To solve these problems, administrators need the ability to capture hours, days, or even weeks worth of network traffic directly to disk for comprehensive analysis. GigaStor has been Engineered for forensics with up to 2 TB, 4 TB, or 8 TB of storage.

GigaStor Deployment

GigaStor Interface

The GigaStor’s convenient interface allows you to isolate a time period to quickly
identify and resolve network issues on captured traffic.

Capture-to-disk at 250 MBps (2000 Mbps)
GigaStor's high performance RAID array permits continuous capture of live traffic
at full-duplex gigabit line rate.

Time-based navigation utility
•Navigate down to the nanosecond with a simple time-based navigation utility. For example, if an employee complains of a problem that happened around 10 AM, you can easily isolate a time interval (9:50 AM to 10:10 AM for instance) to capture that problem and zoom in for detailed analysis.


Link Utilization

By collecting data both in real-time and at the individual link level, conversations can be viewed in aggregate for a complete analysis, or by conversation for detailed packet investigations. This screen shot shows bandwidth utilization in aggregate and link-by-link for a 2-link trunk.
GigaStor Features
  • Insert and remove the GigaStor without disruption of the gigabit network with included nTAPs
  • Real-time Expert processing at the probe identifies problems and offers suggested solutions
  • Flexible filtering technology not only controls what is captured and stored; it can also mine stored data using the same interface
  • Obtain full-duplex, wire-speed gigabit capture and statistics
  • Review statistics and perform packet captures and decodes that adhere to RMON1, RMON2, and HCRMON standards
  • Ensure accurate captures on fully saturated networks with a custom Gen2™ Gigabit Capture Card engineered by Network Instruments

Manages all data processing and Expert analysis at the GigaStor

  • No need to transfer data back to the console for processing
  • Only screen updates are sent across the network
  • Analyzing data takes second

Utilize with Expert Observer and Observer Suite

The GigaStor works with the award-winning Expert Observer and Observer Suite consoles to provide the most comprehensive packet-capture, decode, real-time statistics, expert analysis, network trending, and network reporting in the industry.

 

Filtering Capabilities

  • Easily create and save filters
  • Select and auto-filter on individual statistics to quickly isolate issues
    • MAC Stations
    • IP Stations
    • IP Pairs
    • TCP Ports
    • UDP Ports
    • VLANs
    • Physical Ports seconds

Observer features include:
  • Nanosecond resolution for enterprise-level networks
  • Graphical filter rule editor for easily creating complex filters
  • Over 550 protocols and countless sub-protocols decoded
  • Over 550 Expert events to speed troubleshooting
  • Triggers and Alarms for immediate alerts on activities or errors
  • Application Analysis statistics, including response time and total/failed transactions for common applications such as SQL, MS Exchange, Oracle, VoIP, and DNS
  • Track and solve application problems
  • View application session flows graphically
  • Reconstruct data packets
  • Isolate transaction and conversation delay
  • Obtain instant expert explanation online for each event and item
  • Grade LAN, WAN/Internet traffic differently
  • Track errors, events, slow response, and slow connections
  • Manage voice and video communication
  • Collect long-term trending statistics
  • Utilize WLAN Experts to solve WLAN problems

 

Gen2 Technology

All Network Instruments full-duplex Gigabit products include the Gen2 Gigabit Capture Card. Gen2 technology offers many advantages for maximizing gigabit analysis performance. For example, the card takes full advantage of 674-bit Observer to guarantee the fastest time expert processing and the largest capture buffers (up to 124 GB) available in the industry.

The Gen2 card delivers analysis port flexibility with the ability to monitor up to 8 ports for any simultaneous combination of SPAN sessions, full-duplex connections, and trunked links.

The card also uses SFP technology so you can easily switch between monitoring copper or optical links.

 

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