TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Packet Brokers
Cybersecurity Anxiety Transcends Geographies
4,848 miles separate Nuremberg, Germany and Orlando, Florida. But surprisingly, their cybersecurity concerns are much closer than their physical distance. I traveled to both cities in the past month to attend it-sa Expo & Congress, October...
TAP + Aggregation for Gigabit Copper Networks
While we keep hearing about network migrating to 40G or 100G, it's important to note that many networks still consist of 1 Gigabit copper network links, and will require network traffic visibility. Copper Network Taps are the best way to...
Network Packet Brokers Explained
We all know traffic across the data center is increasing. The migration towards 100G ethernet is well underway, with 28% of data centers undergoing the upgrade as of 2018. Meanwhile, 400G ethernet is available and creeping towards...
Breathe New Life Into Your Existing Packet Broker
If you have been in networking long enough, you may have heard the phrase “breathe new life into old tools.” This concept is simple - security and monitoring tools only perform as well as the data they process. So solely relying on SPAN...
Network Packet Brokers: Tunneling Explained
We’ve discussed why network packet brokers are an essential component for the increasingly crowded data center, for traffic aggregation and load balancing. We’ve also begun diving into specific advanced features such as deduplication....
Packet Deduplication Explained
Duplicate packets are one of those things that happen in a busy network. Although using different network equipment and optimizing your network will minimize duplicates, they’ll still crop up on a fairly regular basis. This can be a...