In order to provide the visibility necessary to monitor the vital transactions and services that flow across a global enterprise network and to do so efficiently and cost-effectively, NetScout® offers a variety of intelligent data sources. NetScout data sources range from intelligent Deep Packet Capture appliances designed to be deployed in strategic, high-bandwidth locations; to real-time probes and NetFlow collection devices that monitor less critical links; to software-based agents that provide visibility into virtualized computing environments. The data sources utilize a common framework (called Common Data Model or CDM) that enables the disparate metrics collected to be displayed in comprehensive and unified views within the nGenius® Service Assurance Solution.

NetScout intelligent data sources provide:

• Granular visibility into WAN, LAN and virtualized computing environments
  
• Industry-leading nGenius and Sniffer® packet-flow technologies
  
• Non-invasive data collection, leaving no impact on critical applications or services
  
• Support for a variety of network interfaces, up to 10 Gig
  
• Storage capacity ranging from 500GB to 16 TB for back-in-time forensic analysis
  

Products & Descriptions       nGenius InfiniStream Appliances Intelligent Deep Packet Capture-based (iDPC) appliances strategically positioned across the network to collect packet-flow statistics as well as perform ‘always-on’ packet capture and back-in-time analysis. May run in standalone mode or integrate with nGenius Performance Manager to provide historical reporting, application response time, real-time analysis and drill-down capabilities.           nGenius Probes Collects packet-flow statistics via dedicated appliances strategically positioned across the network. Integrates with nGenius Performance Manager to provide historical reporting, application response time and real-time analysis.           nGenius Virtual Agent A software-based intelligent data source that extends the reach of the nGenius Service Assurance Solution to application performance and behavior inside virtual computing environments.           nGenius Collector Collects NetFlow statistics and IP SLA-based data. Integrates with nGenius Performance Manager and/or nGenius Performance Manager for Flows to provide historical reporting.