[181354] in North American Network Operators' Group
Data Center Network Monitoring with TAPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitch Howards)
Mon Jun 22 00:49:38 2015
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From: Mitch Howards <hbf9121@hotmail.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:06:04 -0400
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Hello All=2C=20
Was wondering what folks are using to monitor traffic=0A=
on their networks. Looking into Ixia and APCON devices for dedup and =0A=
other filtering features as well as passive fiber TAPs to capture the =0A=
traffic.=20
How are folks handling TAP'ing large data center =0A=
networks? TAPs at the "distribution layer" would be the best fit for my =0A=
network but that would require a ton of passive fiber TAPs for the =0A=
incoming fibers to the distribution switches. The end goal is to not =0A=
only capture the north-south traffic on the network but also east-west =0A=
traffic. It seems more efficient to just use SPANs but there are many =0A=
limitations using SPANs.=20
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Mitch =
