Complexity of multi-vendor packet capture products increasing ongoing maintenance costs
Limited ability of existing capture products to measure the performance impact of the dramatic increase in 40G firewalls, load balancers, and other in-line devices being deployed as part of the new security-focused datacenter architecture
Limited ability to adapt to changing capture and analytics needs at individual branches
Solution
Consolidation to a Single Network Capture Architecture Supporting Modular Analytics Upgrades
Standardized capture devices across new network architecture, simplifying deployment, regulatory certification, and ongoing maintenance
Intuitive access to packet captures, capture analytics, visual drill-downs, filtering, indexed search and single-click access that minimized manual analysis time and effort
Improved data quality assurance by detecting upstream packet drops and overloaded SPAN sessions
Streaming packet compression that maximized disk storage capacity up to 3 times over competitive products
IT Operations analytics at the edge for selected branch locations to improve application and service assurance
Ability to measure the precise directional latency through load balancers, firewalls, and other applications and devices, providing an understanding of the actual performance impact of each device on user experience
Streamlined, modular analytics upgrade path for deployed capture appliances
Results
Improved Capture TCO, ROI and Deployment Flexibility
Number of supported capture vendors by 75%
Number of required capture appliances by 50%
Operational and maintenance costs
Staff productivity
Deployment flexibility for future analytics