Abstract

The price and performance benefits of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) have accelerated its use in enterprise and service provider networks. With it, though, 10GbE brings a torrent of traffic that can overwhelm a typical network trace tool in seconds. In fact, a fully-loaded 10GbE network can generate over a terabyte of data bi-directionally every seven minutes.

Network Instruments commissioned Tolly to evaluate the performance of its GigaStor 10 Gb Wire Speed network data recorder. Specifically, tests were focused on illustrating 100% sustained data capture at full-duplex, 10 Gbps data rates.