Method and apparatus for network packet capture distributed storage system
CA 2619141 C · Owner: Blue Coat Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Merkey, Jeffrey V.; Sparks, Bryan V.
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This is invention comprises a method an apparatus for Infinite Network Packet Capture System (INPCS). The INPCS is a high performance data capture recorder capable of capturing and archiving all network traffic present on a single network or multiple networks. This device can be attached to Ethernet networks via copper or SX fiber via either a SPAN port (101) router configuration or via an optical splitter (102). By this method multiple sources or network , traffic including gigabit Ethernet switches (102) may provide parallelized data feeds to the capture appliance (104) effectively increasing collective , data capture capacity. Multiple captured streams are merged into a …
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- Filed December 16, 2005 and granted October 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 2025.
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