VSS Monitoring is the leading innovator of traffic capture solutions. Its highly scalable portfolio offers not only basic network taps and span tools but Distributed Traffic Capture Systems™ that fundamentally improve price-performance and processing efficiency of network analyzers, as well as increase network visibility and reduce mean time to repair.

Since its founding in 2003, VSS’ mission has been to solve the pervasive efficiency, visibility and performance challenges inherent in monitoring large-scale distributed networks. Its innovative Distributed Traffic Capture Systems™ (featuring tapping, aggregation, filtering, load balancing, remote management & traffic metrics), form a universal platform between network infrastructure and all monitoring tools, providing each monitoring tool with a tailored view of the network to maximize visibility, increase monitor tool ROI and reduce operational costs.

VSS Monitoring has more than 179 products in its portfolio within the following product families. Visit www.vssmonitoring.com for a full listing.

Distributed Taps
Distributed Taps are the next generation of traffic capture. They are composed of exceptionally flexible devices that can passively tap multiple networks and forward the traffic as selected by the user to multiple independent monitor ports.

Distributed Taps form a dedicated hardware access platform to centralize monitoring infrastructure by offering selective aggregation, filtering, load balancing, remote management (GUI / CLI), and complete configuration flexibility.

Network Taps
Network Taps, also known as a 1x1 taps, provide passive monitoring access to a single full-duplex network. They are designed to be placed between two network communication devices to capture the bidirectional traffic and mirror it to two output ports for monitoring by an analysis or recording tool. Multiple network taps can be housed in a single 1RU chassis to form a high-density tap.

Regeneration Taps
Regeneration Taps are designed to tap one or multiple networks and replicate the traffic across multiple monitor ports. Replication of network traffic increases the number of monitor tools that can access any given network.

Aggregation Taps
Aggregation Taps are designed to tap either a single full-duplex network or multiple full-duplex networks and combine the cumulative traffic onto a single stream for output to one or multiple monitoring tools. Aggregation of network traffic reduces the number of interfaces required to monitor any given network.

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