Observer GigaStor

The best packet capture and analysis appliance!

The undisputed leader in back-in-time analysis, Observer GigaStor eliminates the time-consuming task of recreating problems for troubleshooting and investigating security issues. Just hit rewind to go back in time and review past network activity. Navigate to the exact moment of the service anomaly to see detailed, packet-level views before, during, and after the occurrence.

Eliminate unnecessary finger pointing between IT teams with fast and accurate root cause identification. Speed resolution of any application, network, or UC issue, while using the security forensics capabilities of GigaStor to identify whether a breach has occurred and what resources have been compromised.

GigaStor together with Apex and GigaFlow are perfectly suited for SecOps and NetOps teams to address today’s hybrid IT environment challenges whether performance or security related.

Network Security Forensics

GigaStor makes collaboration between the network, operations, and security teams simple. It captures and stores all network conversations for later analysis and reporting, making it ideal for augmenting existing real-time security solutions and for satisfying compliance objectives. GigaStor not only shows conversations, it can reconstruct the mined data – providing evidence such as phone conversations, web pages, instant messages, and emails while also allowing security teams to determine which assets were compromised.

Gen3 100 Gb Capture Card

To stay ahead of surging traffic volumes, VIAVI has developed a new third-generation capture card that incorporates the latest in integrated circuit and bus technologies to support network speeds up to 100 Gb. To keep up with the packet deluge, the Gen3 is back-ended with an optimized and accelerated analytics engine to capture, analyze, index, and encrypt traffic as well as generate metadata in real-time.

Line-Rate Packet Capture

GigaStor supports line-rate 1, 10 Gb, and 40 Gb ingress network capture performance, ensuring total transaction visibility and intelligence. Tuned hardware-software design, with an advanced GigaStor accelerated analytics engine, achieves simultaneous line-rate capture and the fastest packet capture mining in the industry for nearly instant network traffic awareness.

Root-Cause Analysis

Sift through more than a petabyte of data, perform analysis, and find the problem through root-cause analysis – minimizing downtime and end-user impact. From an enterprise-wide view, you can track bandwidth utilization, network Top Talkers, application metrics, and even VoIP quality statistics.

3rd Party Validated 60 Gbps Packet Capture Rates with Gen 4

GigaStor Gen 4 has been validated by Tolly Research Group to capture traffic at 60 Gbps – the fastest independently validated rate available in the market. With more than 50% improvement, the benefits to your organization are numerous. Compared with other solutions that can drop packets or restrict filtering that can create monitoring blind spots, Observer delivers the power and capacity to ensure your performance management solution meets critical performance.

Bigger Storage, Smaller Footprint with Gen 4

The Gen 4 GigaStor delivers provides more than a petabyte of data storage all in a 67% smaller footprint – saving you space and operational costs in your data center, while letting you store more data for longer periods of recording time. Easier installation with fewer enclosures, less disruptive deployment, significantly reduced rack requirement means keeping the lid on costs and business expectations.