Ninja appliances

Universal monitoring probes for diverse network topologies, supporting multiple monitoring applications

The increasing volume, diversity and business criticality of network communications, coupled with tighter regulatory controls has meant it has become essential to monitor and analyse network activity for wide-ranging business needs. NinjaProbe enables the deployment of application independent monitoring infrastructure, with flexibility to integrate with multiple analysis applications.

Endace accelerated DAG interface technology enables complete coverage at wire-speed across the widest range of network topologies.

Universal monitoring infrastructure

Fulfilling diverse network monitoring requirements can result in the implementation of multiple point solutions, resulting in significant financial and resource commitment at each stage of the solution life cycle. NinjaProbe common monitoring infrastructure provides benefits at each stage:

Complete view with support for diverse network topologies Scalability with accelerated DAG interface technology Flexibility in choice of analysis applications Common advanced management layer for all probes Reduced operating costs with less hardware to manage

NinjaProbe appliance range

Endace offers a range of probe solutions for different link types and applications. All NinjaProbe appliances share a common advanced management layer, enabling multiple authenticated users to securely use the same probe deployments for varied applications.

	Product	Download
	NinjaProbe 40G1
	The NinjaProbe 40G1 provides telecommunication carriers with a solution to scale network monitoring applications to next generation 40Gbps network links. Combining with lower speed NinjaProbe Appliances enables extensive analysis or storage of selected data.
	NinjaProbe 5000
	The NinjaProbe 5000 is designed for lossless traffic capture with multi-port monitoring up to 10 Gigabit. Optimised for best of breed recording performance to enable the capture of complete network data for in-depth analysis.
	NinjaProbe 500
	The NinjaProbe 500 offers a flexible solution for capture and storage of traffic across a wide range of network types. Storage for hours, days, or weeks of data allowing users to go back in time to access data to reconstruct, troubleshoot or analyze network activity.
	Endace Appliance Support
	Endace Appliance Support provides you with peace of mind through the lifecycle of your Endace NinjaProbe appliances, by ensuring their ongoing operational integrity.

NinjaProbe Software Modules

Additional software modules available for the NinjaProbe provide support for multiple traffic analysis applications on the same appliance.

NinjaIntercept		Application Note
A Lawful Intercept software module enabling interoperation with administration and mediation systems such as Verint Systems STAR-GATE™.
NinjaFlow		Application Note
A NetFlow record generation and export software module providing granular statistics under all network conditions, enabling flow generation to be offloaded from key network transport equipment.

Applications

NinjaProbe appliances are application independent enabling flexible monitoring solutions to be implemented by:

• Integrating with solutions from Endace application partners
• Utilizing open source or other third party applications
• Leveraging investment and experience in existing analysis tools

Press Announcement - 10th September 2007
Endace adds NetFlow generation capability to NinjaProbe appliance family.