Data Center Network Monitoring with TAPs

Mon Jun 22 07:36:34 UTC 2015

On 20 Jun 2015, at 23:06, Mitch Howards wrote:

> Was wondering what folks are using to monitor traffic on their 
> networks. Looking into Ixia and APCON devices for dedup and other 
> filtering features as well as passive fiber TAPs to capture the 
> traffic.

Take a look at flow telemetry options you have for your IDC hardware - a 
combination of flow telemetry, plus the ability to divert traffic into 
an instrumented sinkhole for full packet-capture is something to 
consider.

SPAN sessions count against your frames per-second budget; not 
recommended for serious, high-traffic applications.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>