Category: FlowSensor

VMware Cloud Infrastructure and StealthWatch FlowSensor

In July of this year VMware announced it's new vSphere 5 and Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure Suite. For many businesses this release begins to improve performance of the virtualized environment to the point where even the most resource-intensive applications can be moved into the cloud. A few days after the primary product announcement VMware announced that “as part of the Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting features, vSphere 5 provides NetFlow and Port Mirroring capabilities”. vSphere 5.0 will provide native support for NetFlow v5. Netflow v5 is available on many routers from different brands, but is restricted to IPv4 flows. In contrast Netflow… READ MORE

Introducing the StealthWatch FlowSensor 250

We've announced a new StealthWatch product this week and it comes in the form of a low-cost, small office FlowSensor designed to monitor up to 100Mbps of network traffic. The FlowSensor 250 appliance is equipped with three network interfaces - one for management and two for monitoring via SPAN/mirror/tap... ...and it's affordable! The FlowSensor 250 starts at $3,995. The pricing is designed in such a way that if you buy several (5 or more) the price begins to drop. We expect most customers will buy quite a few of these small network appliances. They are perfectly suited for small remote… READ MORE