hardware for argus with 10GB link

[Carter Bullard]

I think flow monitoring has proved itself.  IPFIX is evidence that Cisco
believes that flow monitoring is very important.  Not sure yet that any
other major router/switch vendor is going to use IPFIX to transport
their flow data though.

We already have argus running on all the cards you've mentioned, and
many many more.

What is the market for running it on your card?
I don't know.


On Apr 26, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Guillaume FORTAINE wrote:

> On 04/26/2010 04:53 AM, Carter Bullard wrote:
>> So, packet capture cards that use the 16 lane PCI-Express slots in newer
>> computers should be able to go 10Gbps.  If anyone on the list has such a
>> beast, we can do some performance testing and tuning, to get argus up to
>> speed.  I'd be happy to help!!!
>> 
>> 
>>   
> 
> PCI-Express x8 is enough (up to 12 Gbps).  PCI Express Gen 2 provides a 5Gbps/lane throughput.
> 
> That's why the fastest card on the market are :
> 
> -Napatech NT20E2 (x8 lane PCI Express 2.0, up to 20 Gbps)
> 
> http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.napatech.com/uploads/c_news/108_file_4507.pdf
> 
> 
> -Endace DAG 9.2X2 (x8 lane PCI Express 2.0, up to 20 Gbps)
> 
> http://www.endace.com/dag-9.2x2-packet-capture-card.html
> 
> 
> And my question is still the same :
> 
> The question is : Is there a market ?
> 
> Especially, what is the value-add of Argus in comparison to IPFIX ?
> 
> I look forward to your answer,
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Guillaume FORTAINE

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