Capture Terabytes of Traffic at Gigabit Line Rate for Data Mining
As networks get faster, data loads increase. Today’s network problems have become more subtle and complex. Enterprise IT administrators at transaction and data-driven corporations deal with complex 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.

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With its gigabit line rate capture-to-disk technology and up to 8 terabytes worth of storage, the Network Instruments® GigaStor Probe is a cost-competitive, reconstructive network analysis appliance ideal for network administrators requiring the full story of what is happening on the network.

High-Performance

• Capture-to-disk at 250 MBps
• Monitor one, two, three, or four full-duplex links
• Exclusive Network Instruments proprietary software to provide ultra-fast capture-to-disk technology
• Localized processing and decoding to minimize network overhead

High-Capacity

• Capture up to 4 or 8 TB of network data
• Save data for extended periods of time
• Industry-leading 4 GB memory buffer (Max)

Easy-to-Deploy

• 4U rack-mountable unit
• Fits seamlessly into the Network Instruments Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA™) architecture
• Reports back to the award-winning Expert Observer® and Observer Suite console
• Can be configured as a local console for on-site analysis

Ideal For

• Network forensics
• Data mining
• Transaction-heavy organizations
• Data retention compliance

Proven Analysis Metrics
Real-Time Statistics such as network summary, bandwidth utilization, top talkers, and switch statistics

Packet Capture and Decode features such as nanosecond resolution, a 4 GB memory buffer (max) and over 500 protocols decoded

Network Trending and Reporting features such as network trending dashboard display, efficiency history and comparison analysis reports

GigaStor Probe Features

• Insert and remove the GigaStor Probe without disruption of the gigabit network
• Real-time Expert processing at the probe identifies problems and offers suggested solutions
• Flexible filtering technology not only controls what is capture 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

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

Observer features include:

• Nanosecond resolution for enterprise-level networks
• Graphical filter rule editor makes creating complex filters effortless
• Over 500 protocols and countless sub-protocols decoded
• Over 500 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

Technical Specifications

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Network Testing Labs (PDF)
Computer Reseller News
Network World
GigaStor Press Release

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