New Flagship PFS 6010 Adds Industry’s Highest Performance System to
Packet Flow Switch Family
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2016--
NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:NTCT), a market leader in service assurance
and cybersecurity solutions, announced the addition of a groundbreaking
blade and chassis Packet Flow Switch: the PFS 6010. Carriers who have
migrated to 100G networks require monitoring visibility infrastructure
that scales with their networks, and allows them to leverage investments
in existing 1G or 10G monitoring tools. A number of service providers
around the world have already selected the PFS 6010 due to its scale,
from 1G to 100G; performance, with a 6Tbps non-blocking fabric
architecture; port density, from 60 to 600 ports in a single chassis,
and flexibility, effectively bridging the gap between 100G networks and
1/10/40G monitoring tools. These service providers also leverage
advanced packet conditioning capabilities such as packet slicing, header
stripping and de-duplication to ensure their networks are managed
efficiently.
The PFS 6010 solves a critical challenge that organizations managing
large networks encounter: scaling access to network traffic with the
growing need for service assurance, performance management, application
management and additional security systems. According to IHS Infonetics
Research, the 100G monitoring switch ports market is expected to grow by
106% annually through 2019.1 In the past, port contention,
stemming from the limited number of access ports and speed mismatches,
has hampered deployments. The combination of high density, scalability
and flexibility from the PFS 6010 helps service providers and large
enterprises migrate to 40G and 100G networks by enabling monitoring and
security policies to be maintained by existing 10G/1G tools.
“As the largest networks evolve from 10G to 40G and 100G, there is a
critical need for high-performance packet flow switches that support
aggregation and processing of high-speed network traffic to different
performance, application, and security monitoring tools that may not be
able to process traffic at these higher speeds,” said Matthias
Machowinski, research director, Enterprise Networks and Video, for IHS.
“NETSCOUT’S PFS 6010 delivers the required performance to support
service assurance across these large-scale environments.”
The comprehensive NETSCOUT Packet Flow Switching solution optimizes,
protects, and simplifies service delivery and performance management in
large-scale deployments within service providers and large-scale
enterprise data centers. The PFS 6010 complements the existing PFS 3900
family of packet flow switches, bringing advanced conditioning features
and the higher capacity for 100G requirements. “This is a strategic
expansion of our portfolio, enabling packet flow switches to scale to
the needs of the world’s largest and most innovative service providers
who need application visibility,” said Brian McCann, vice president and
general manager of NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow Switch Business Unit. “With
6Tbps performance and up to 600 available ports, the PFS 6010 offers the
industry’s most scalable packet flow switch solution, supporting
advanced traffic optimization, filtering and flow balancing
functionality in a single system that support speeds from 1G to 100G.”
About the PFS 6010
The new flagship packet flow switch from NETSCOUT, the PFS 6010 serves
as the monitoring backbone for large-scale network infrastructure in
service provider and private cloud networks and in large enterprise data
centers. The PFS 6010 delivers the industry's highest density and most
scalable blade-in-chassis packet flow switch solution.
Key features and capabilities of the PFS 6010 include:
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Massive scalability supports the largest datacenter and mobile network
deployments, with up to 600 ports of 10G or 60 ports of 100G in a
single chassis
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Carrier class reliability and application performance with a
non-blocking 6Tbps line rate fabric and fully redundant architecture
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Advanced flexibility easily accommodates various traffic types and
requirements, from 1G to 10G to 40G to 100G, with aggregation,
replication, load balancing and advanced packet conditioning
functionality
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Highly modular 15RU 10-slot chassis, where each blade can be selected
and deployed based on speeds, port density and functionality required
Expanding the PFS portfolio, the PFS 6010 enables larger NETSCOUT PFS
visibility networks for NETSCOUT probe applications and other
third-party monitoring tools and security systems. Customers benefit
from being able to deploy service assurance, security, and packet flow
switching as a solution from a single vendor with leading technology,
unmatched performance, and integrated business processes, such as
NETSCOUT’s award-winning MasterCare customer support.
The PFS 6010 is available now. To learn more about the PFS 6010 go to http://www.netscout.com/product/service-provider/ngenius-6000-series-packet-flow-switch-service-provider/
or visit NETSCOUT at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, in Hall 1,
Stand 1C40.
About NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader in real-time
service assurance and cyber security solutions for today’s most
demanding service provider, enterprise and government networks.
NETSCOUT’s Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology continuously
monitors the service delivery environment to identify performance issues
and provides insight into network-based security threats, helping teams
to quickly resolve issues that can cause business disruptions or impact
user experience. NETSCOUT delivers virtually unmatched
service visibility and protects the digital infrastructure that supports
our connected world. To learn more, visit www.netscout.com.
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1 IHS Infonetics Research, Network Monitoring Switches
Annual Worldwide and Regional Market Size and Forecasts, July 2015.
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