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Garland Technology is committed to educating the benefits of having a strong foundation of network visibility and access. By providing this insight we protect the security of data across your network and beyond.

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How Does Garland Technology Compare to Gigamon?

You are familiar with Gigamon and Garland Technology of course – two leaders in network visibility products designed to enable your network security and performance architecture.

As NetOps and SecOps teams face countless challenges from evolving network environments, 24/7 security and performance analysis to compliance and risk assessments. Garland Technology and Gigamon handle these challenges differently.

        • Garland Technology remains solely focused on providing the highest quality, most efficient, and easy to use network TAPs and network packet brokers. Period.
        • Gigamon has changed over the years into a cloud visibility, analytics and network detection and response (NDR) platform, that includes network TAPs and packer brokers.

With Gigamon's evolution,  Garland hasn't lost focus with continued innovation in network TAP technology, and have naturally filled the gaps by complementing existing Gigamon deployments, ultimately improving the ROI on the initial investment.

Whether you are enhancing an existing Gigamon deployment or adding network TAPs and packet brokers to your next network project, Garland Technology wants you to know where we excel in doing what we do best, and hopefully work with you in the near future.

Passive Fiber Optical TAPs

The basis of network visibility fabrics are network TAPs, as they provide complete packet visibility that high-performance monitoring and security solutions require. 

Passive fiber optical network TAPs create complete, full bandwidth copies of all the traffic seen on a network link and require no power or management. Passive TAPs are usually on the standard checklist for most network TAP vendors of course, but that is where the similarities end. Not only does Garland continue development on advancing fiber TAP technology, incorporating OM5 and BiDi technologies, but we rigorously test each TAP before shipping them out, ensuring no failures in the field. 

Here are some of our key benefits over Gigamon’s passive TAPs.

Tap 'Breakout'

Garland Passive Network TAPs

Gigamon Passive Network TAPs

Passive TAPs

• SelectTAP: Modular Chassis
• Passive Fiber Network TAPs
• BiDi Passive Fiber TAPs
• RegenTAP: Passive

G-TAP M Series
GigaTAP G Series

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/25G/40G/100G/400G

1G/10G/40G/100G

Supports 25G for Multimode

X

Supports 100G BiDi

X

Media

OS1/OS2, OM1/OM2/OM3/OM4/OM5

Not specified

Supports OM5

X

Split ratios

Offers 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10 or custom split ratios

Offers only 50/50 and 70/30 split ratios

High Density

Yes [28 or 56 TAPs in 1U]

Yes [36 in 1U]

Form factor

Portable, 1U Modular Chassis, 1U High Density, Industrial

1U Modular

Garland Passive Network TAPs

Passive TAPs

• SelectTAP: Modular Chassis
• Passive Fiber Network TAPs
• BiDi Passive Fiber TAPs
• RegenTAP: Passive

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/25G/40G/100G/400G

Supports 25G for Multimode

Supports 100G BiDi

Media

OS1/OS2, OM1/OM2/OM3/OM4/OM5

Supports OM5

Split ratios

Offers 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10 or custom split ratios

High Density

Yes [28 or 56 TAPs in 1U]

Form factor

Portable, 1U Modular Chassis, 1U High Density, Industrial

Gigamon Passive Network TAPs

Passive TAPs

G-TAP M Series
GigaTAP G Series

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/40G/100G

Supports 25G for Multimode

X

Supports 100G BiDi

X

Media

Not specified

Supports OM5

X

Split ratios

Offers only 50/50 and 70/30 split ratios

High Density

Yes [36 in 1U]

Form factor

1U Modular

Active Network TAPs

Active network TAPs also create complete full bandwidth copies of network traffic but are powered devices that allow additional functionality over passive TAPs. Failsafe technology ensures these devices, like passive TAPs, do not affect the live network. 

Garland has pioneered active TAPs, incorporating packet broker functionality into network TAPs to help engineers and architects better optimize and have multi-use options for their unique needs.

To accomplish TAP aggregation, regeneration, and advanced filtering with Gigamon, you will need to buy their TAP and packet broker platform.

Here are some of our key benefits over Gigamon’s active TAPs.

TAP Aggregation

Garland Active Network TAPs

Gigamon Active Network TAPs

Active TAP Lines

• Copper Network TAP
• RegenTAP
• AggregatorTAP
• UniversalTAP: Aggregator
• XtraTAP: All-In-1 [Filtering]

G-TAP A Series

Speeds / feeds

100M/1G/10G/40G

1G/10G

Media

• Copper RJ45
• USB
• Fiber [LR, SR, 100Base-FX/LX]
• SFP/SFP+/QSFP+

• Copper RJ45
• SFP+

Form factor

• "Pocket size" Field TAP
• Portable
• 1U Half Rack
• 1U or 2U Modular Chassis
• Simple easy to use GUI management

• 1U Module
• GUI support not specified

High Density

4 TAPs [1U]; 12 TAPs [2U]; 2 TAPs in 1U Half Rack

1U Module

Mode Function Supported

• Tap 'Breakout
• Aggregation
• Bypass
• Regeneration
• Advanced filtering options

Tap 'Breakout'

Supports Failsafe

Passive and Failsafe options

Failsafe

OEO design [optical to electric to optical]

Passive and Failsafe options

X

Supports Media Conversion

X

Utilization Alerts for overs-subscription

X

Supports Advanced Features

Filtering, Aggregation, Load Balancing, Packet slicing, Packet injection

X

Supports Link failure Propagation (LFP)

X

Supports Links Speed Synchronization

Copper

X

Battery backup

No battery – Following standards, hazard proof

On-board battery

Garland Active Network TAPs

Active TAP Lines

• Copper Network TAP
• RegenTAP
• AggregatorTAP
• UniversalTAP: Aggregator
• XtraTAP: All-In-1 [Filtering]

Speeds / feeds

100M/1G/10G/40G

Media

• Copper RJ45
• USB
• Fiber [LR, SR, 100Base-FX/LX]
• SFP/SFP+/QSFP+

Form factor

• "Pocket size" Field TAP
• Portable
• 1U Half Rack
• 1U or 2U Modular Chassis
• Simple easy to use GUI management

High Density

4 TAPs [1U]; 12 TAPs [2U]; 2 TAPs in 1U Half Rack

Mode Function Supported

• Tap 'Breakout
• Aggregation
• Bypass
• Regeneration
• Advanced filtering options

Supports Failsafe

Passive and Failsafe options

OEO design [optical to electric to optical]

Passive and Failsafe options

Supports Media Conversion

Utilization Alerts for overs-subscription

Supports Advanced Features

Filtering, Aggregation, Load Balancing, Packet slicing, Packet injection

Supports Link failure Propagation (LFP)

Supports Links Speed Synchronization

Copper

Battery backup

No battery – Following standards, hazard proof

Gigamon Active Network TAPs

Active TAP Lines

G-TAP A Series

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G

Media

• Copper RJ45
• SFP+

Form factor

• 1U Module
• GUI support not specified

High Density

1U Module

Mode Function Supported

Tap 'Breakout'

Supports Failsafe

Failsafe

OEO design [optical to electric to optical]

X

Supports Media Conversion

X

Utilization Alerts for overs-subscription

X

Supports Advanced Features

X

Supports Link failure Propagation (LFP)

X

Supports Links Speed Synchronization

X

Battery backup

On-board battery

Industrial Network TAPs

Simply put – Gigamon’s platform is designed for IT architectures.

Garland has spent years working with OT customers and government agencies to design specialized network TAPs to work in their unique environments and requirements, providing small rugged metal form factors, environmentally and temperature resistant, including unidirectional data diode design to protect and aggregate TAP and SPAN traffic.

Here are some of our key benefits over Gigamon’s industrial TAPs.

Extreme and rugged

Garland Specialized Network TAPs

Gigamon Active Network TAPs

Form factor

• "Pocket size" Field TAP
• Portable
• 1U Half Rack
• 1U or 2U Modular Chassis

• Standalone Modules
• 1U Modular

DIN Rail mountable

X

Media conversion

100Base-FX, 100BASE-LX, LC to RJ45 Copper or SFP/SFP+

SFP/SFP+

TAP Aggregation

2:1, 4:1, 11:1

X

TAP Regeneration

1x3, 1x5

X

SPAN Aggregation

8:1

X

SPAN Regeneration

1:3

X

Unidirectional Data Diode Design

X

Extreme temperature TAPs

-40C to +85C / -40F to +185F

32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Harsh environment TAP connectors

Secure Mighty Mouse connectors

X

Garland Specialized Network TAPs

Form factor

• "Pocket size" Field TAP
• Portable
• 1U Half Rack
• 1U or 2U Modular Chassis

DIN Rail mountable

Media conversion

100Base-FX, 100BASE-LX, LC to RJ45 Copper or SFP/SFP+

TAP Aggregation

2:1, 4:1, 11:1

TAP Regeneration

1x3, 1x5

SPAN Aggregation

8:1

SPAN Regeneration

1:3

Unidirectional Data Diode Design

Extreme temperature TAPs

-40C to +85C / -40F to +185F

Harsh environment TAP connectors

Secure Mighty Mouse connectors

Gigamon Active Network TAPs

Form factor

• Standalone Modules
• 1U Modular

DIN Rail mountable

X

Media conversion

SFP/SFP+

TAP Aggregation

X

TAP Regeneration

X

SPAN Aggregation

X

SPAN Regeneration

X

Unidirectional Data Diode Design

X

Extreme temperature TAPs

32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Harsh environment TAP connectors

X

Inline Bypass

Gigamon bypass TAPs are an embedded capability within the GigaVUE HC Series of visibility nodes in their packet brokers.  Inline Security shouldn’t be an afterthought.

In recent years, Garland Technology has devoted considerable R&D resources to innovate and manufacture an industry leading catalog of inline bypass TAPs and packet brokers. 

Architects turn to inline bypass TAPs as a fundamental best practice for incorporating inline security tools like WAFs, IPS, firewalls and SSL decryption into your network. A Bypass TAP provides the ability to manage your inline tool any time without having to take down the network or impact business availability for maintenance or upgrades – ending downtime.

No only did Garland’s Co-founder and CTO Jerry Dillard invent bypass TAP technology, but we now have a complete line of EdgeSafe bypass TAPs from 1-100G and the innovative EdgeLens Inline Packet Brokers, designed to simplify the modern security stack, managing both inline and out-of-band tools in one.

Here are some of our key advantages over Gigamon’s bypass TAPs.

Bypass

EDGESAFE & EdgeLens BYPASS

GIGAVUE-HC SERIES BYPASS

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/40G/100G

1G/10G/40G/100G

Form Factor

Portable, 1U Half Rack, 1U Chassis, 1U/2U Modular Chassis

1U Modular

External vs All-In-One Platform

Extensive Bypass options:
• External Bypass
• Modular Bypass
• High Availability Bypass
• Hybrid Bypass TAP/NPB Solutions

• No External Bypass options
• All-in-One connected backplane
• Failure risks
• Scalability issues
*Upgrades often require additional chassis

Heartbeat Technology

Configurable Heartbeats

Heartbeats

Additional Features

• Aggregation
• Filtering
• Load Balancing
• Regeneration
• Before & After Historical Lookback
• High Availability (HA)
• Tool Chaining

• Aggregation
• Filtering
*Addition license upgrade for load balancing

Development

• CTO developed the first bypass technology
• Continued Innovation

X

EDGESAFE & EdgeLens BYPASS

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/40G/100G

Form Factor

Portable, 1U Half Rack, 1U Chassis, 1U/2U Modular Chassis

External vs All-In-One Platform

Extensive Bypass options:
• External Bypass
• Modular Bypass
• High Availability Bypass
• Hybrid Bypass TAP/NPB Solutions

Heartbeat Technology

Configurable Heartbeats

Additional Features

• Aggregation
• Filtering
• Load Balancing
• Regeneration
• Before & After Historical Lookback
• High Availability (HA)
• Tool Chaining

Development

• CTO developed the first bypass technology
• Continued Innovation

GIGAVUE-HC SERIES BYPASS

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/40G/100G

Form Factor

1U Modular

External vs All-In-One Platform

• No External Bypass options
• All-in-One connected backplane
• Failure risks
• Scalability issues
*Upgrades often require additional chassis

Heartbeat Technology

Heartbeats

Additional Features

• Aggregation
• Filtering
*Addition license upgrade for load balancing

Development

X

Traffic Aggregation Network Packet Brokers

After TAP visibility, traffic aggregation is the next way we enhance existing Gigamon deployments. We accomplish this by our ‘deconstructed’ and purpose-built approach to packet brokers. We designed our PacketMAX packet brokers to serve the purpose you need and not try to oversell you a ‘platform.’ 

Garland’s PacketMAX Advanced Aggregators provide aggregation, filtering, load balancing and tunneling, in 1U half rack, 1U and 2U form factors, without license or port fees, giving teams the ability to optimize their network traffic without bloating the budget.

Here are some reasons why people are choosing PacketMAX over Gigamon’s traffic aggregators.

Traffic Aggregation

PACKETMAX ADVANCED AGGREGATOR

GIGAVUE TA SERIES

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/25G/40G/100G

1G/10G/40G/100G
*No support for 25G

Available Ports

• 48x 1G / 4x 10G
• 48x 1/10G / 6x 40G
• 32x 40G / 100G
• 64x 40G / 100G
*No additional port licenses

• 48x 1G / 4x 10G
• 32x 40G
• 32x 40G / 100G
• 64x 40G / 100G

Core Functions

• Aggregation
• Filtering
• Load Balancing
• Regeneration

• Aggregation
• Filtering

Additional Features

• Supports session-aware configurable-hash based load balancing
• Round Robin Load Balancing

• Load Balancing

Additional Features

1K filters included
*No additional license fees

Basic filters [Ingress is 256, Egress is 20] included
*Additional license upgrade

Additional Features

Includes VLAN/MPLS stripping, VLAN tagging, GRE Tunneling, Data Burst Buffering

X

Compact Form Factor

1U with 13" depth
Unique design for Flyaway kits

1U with 19.25 in depth

PACKETMAX ADVANCED AGGREGATOR

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/25G/40G/100G

Available Ports

• 48x 1G / 4x 10G
• 48x 1/10G / 6x 40G
• 32x 40G / 100G
• 64x 40G / 100G
*No additional port licenses

Core Functions

• Aggregation
• Filtering
• Load Balancing
• Regeneration

Additional Features

• Supports session-aware configurable-hash based load balancing
• Round Robin Load Balancing

Additional Features

1K filters included
*No additional license fees

Additional Features

Includes VLAN/MPLS stripping, VLAN tagging, GRE Tunneling, Data Burst Buffering

Compact Form Factor

1U with 13" depth
Unique design for Flyaway kits

GIGAVUE TA SERIES

Speeds / feeds

1G/10G/40G/100G
*No support for 25G

Available Ports

• 48x 1G / 4x 10G
• 32x 40G
• 32x 40G / 100G
• 64x 40G / 100G

Core Functions

• Aggregation
• Filtering

Additional Features

• Load Balancing

Additional Features

Basic filters [Ingress is 256, Egress is 20] included
*Additional license upgrade

Additional Features

X

Compact Form Factor

1U with 19.25 in depth

Advanced Features Network Packet Brokers

Like our Advanced Aggregators, the PacketMAX Advanced Features provide aggregation, filtering, load balancing and tunneling, but also includes deduplication, packet slicing, time stamping, GRE, L2GRE, ERSPAN, VxLAN Tunneling in 1U and 2U form factors,

All features come fully available, without license or port fees, giving teams the ability to optimize their network traffic without bloating the budget.

Here are some of our advantages over Gigamon’s advanced features.

Existing NPB

PACKETMAX: ADVANCED FEATURES

GIGAVUE-HC SERIES

CapEx vs OpEx

• No additional port/feature license fees
• All features included

Additional features require GigaSMART– priced per feature, so gets more expensive as you add

Scalability

• Modular solutions developed for future growth
• Deploy what you need, when you need it

• All-in-One connected backplane
• Failure risks
• Scalability issues
*Upgrades often require additional chassis

Performance

Dedicated purpose-built devices, designed for performance

GigaSMART has restricted processing speed; possible performance strain

Features

• Deduplication
• Time Stamping
• Packet Slicing
• Round Robin Load Balancing
• Passes physical layer errors • GRE/ERSPAN/VXLAN

*Individual license upgrade

User Friendly

Open Vendor: Supports multi-source agreement (MSA) transceivers/optics, no vendor lock-in

Supports Gigamon transceivers/optics only

PACKETMAX: ADVANCED FEATURES

CapEx vs OpEx

• No additional port/feature license fees
• All features included

Scalability

• Modular solutions developed for future growth
• Deploy what you need, when you need it

Performance

Dedicated purpose-built devices, designed for performance

Features

• Deduplication
• Time Stamping
• Packet Slicing
• Round Robin Load Balancing
• Passes physical layer errors • GRE/ERSPAN/VXLAN

User Friendly

Open Vendor: Supports multi-source agreement (MSA) transceivers/optics, no vendor lock-in

GIGAVUE-HC SERIES

CapEx vs OpEx

Additional features require GigaSMART– priced per feature, so gets more expensive as you add

Scalability

• All-in-One connected backplane
• Failure risks
• Scalability issues
*Upgrades often require additional chassis

Performance

GigaSMART has restricted processing speed; possible performance strain

Features

*Individual license upgrade

User Friendly

Supports Gigamon transceivers/optics only

LOU RABON

FOUNDER / CEO, CYBER DEFENSE GROUP

Before we found Garland our options were limited. It’s either we go to a huge provider like Gigamon, which is super expensive, and doesn’t give you a custom solution [like Garland].

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