Affordable 10G Network Monitoring

Many organizations are discovering that the cost of network monitoring rises significantly when capacity increases to 10-Gigabit (10G) – although actual usage is only a fraction of total capacity. Deploying expensive probes throughout the network to monitor unused capacity is a waste of budget dollars. 

Increasingly, organizations are using the power of NetFlow to provide an account of what is happening on the network at any given time. And, since NetFlow tracks only active conversations, it is completely independent of the bandwidth used or capacity available. Therefore, organizations choosing to upgrade the capacity of their network will enjoy the fact that their flow volume should stay relatively the same.

Cost-Effective Monitoring with NetFlow

Lancope’s StealthWatch System , the leading flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring solution, offers a cost-effective means of monitoring 10G networks using NetFlow. StealthWatch enables both network and security teams to monitor networks through a single platform at a fraction of the cost of traditional tools.

Lancope also offers a solution for areas of 10G networks that are not NetFlow-enabled or require deeper visibility into packet data and performance metrics.

The StealthWatch FlowSensor Appliance Edition (AE), an affordable NetFlow generator, connects into an existing infrastructure through a switch port analyzer (SPAN), mirror port or Ethernet test access port (TAP), and creates NetFlow records from the traffic it observes. Any NetFlow collector that supports NetFlow v9 can process these records.

Scalability

The most scalable NetFlow collection and analysis solution, StealthWatch provides continuous, end-to-end network visibility across the entire enterprise, enabling organizations to monitor multiple 10G links concurrently.

Optimized Performance and Security, Reduced Cost

Gain valuable insight into network and application latency issues by connecting the FlowSensor to the StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow collector. For each flow, the FlowSensor calculates round-trip time (RTT), server response time (SRT), and retransmission ratio (RTR) metrics. This level of intelligence allows network teams to determine easily whether the problem exists in the network --with the server or at the user’s desktop.

By tying user identity to IP/MAC address, the StealthWatch IDentity appliance provides user visibility, aiding security teams in pinpointing a user’s activity and network teams in correlating multiple events to a single user.

Through StealthWatch’s unique drill-down features, organizations can identify root cause within seconds, thereby reducing network mean time to resolution (MTTR). Minimizing the need for disparate tools and personnel, StealthWatch enables organizations to optimize enterprise performance and security while reducing overall network and security management costs.

Leveraging NetFlow, sFlow, and packet-level metrics, StealthWatch provides an end-to-end enterprise monitoring and security solution from a single, integrated platform.