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Director and xStream

Industry: Financial Services

Objectives:• Lowerlatencysubstantiallyinhigh-speedfinancialtransactions

• Boostnetworkperformancetomeetgrowing10Gneeds

• Optimizelegacyinvestment• BoostoverallITproductivityandefficiency• Supportvisibility,availabilityandmanageabilityacrossarchitecture

• Implementsophisticatedmonitoringofbusiness-criticaldata

Approach:

• DeployDirectorandDirectorxStreamtoenableaggregation,smartfiltering

• EmployDeepPacketInspectionforimprovedmonitoring

• Implementreal-timestaticanddynamicloadbalancing

• Raisenetworkavailabilitywithbuiltinredundancy

Technology Improvements:• Avoidedtooloversubscriptionwhileraisingperformance

• Addedabilitytomanagecomplexdeviceimplementations

• Improvedsecuritywithatotalhardwaresolution

• Enabledsupportforcopperorfibermedia• Raisedavailabilitywithhot-swappablecomponents

• Allowedforutilizationofboth1Gbpsand10Gbpslinksandtools

Project Outcomes: • Optimizedthedatacenterformonitoringandcompliance

• Gainedtotalvisibilityacrossalltypesoftraffic

• Achievedatrulyscalable,cost-efficientarchitecture

• Loweredcapitalexpenses,reducedneedtopurchasenewtools.

• Readiednetworkforhealthygrowth

Building a High-Efficiency, Ultra Low-Latency Data Center Architecture ThispioneeringEuropeanfinancialservicesorganizationaddressestheneedsofbusinesses,institutions,andhigh-net-worthprivateclientsworldwide,aswellasretailclientsinitsowncountry.Foundedinthemid-nineteenthcentury,theorganizationhasgrowntomorethan60,000employeeswhomaintainoverfourhundredofficesindozensofcountries.Asacornerstoneofitsclientfinancialmanagement,theorganizationperformsprivatebankingandfinancialadvising,investmentbanking,andassetmanagement.Thescopeofitscapabilities,itsdecadesofexperience,anditssophisticatedinsightsmakeitavaluedpartnerinthefinancialdecision-makingofbothpublicandprivateentities.

Enabling the Highest Data Center Performance and Security Tosustainitspositionasagloballeader,thefinancialorganizationsoughtavendorandarchitecturethatwouldenablethemosteffectivepossibledatacenternetworkmonitoringandanalysis.ThebankchoseNetOpticsasavendorbecauseofitsdeepexperienceinthefinancialsector,aswellasitsgrowingsuiteofscalablesolutionsthathandlehightrafficvolumeswhileprotectingthesecurityofthebusiness-criticalnetworkandapplications.Becausethefinancialorganizationisresponsiblefordataintegrity,italsoneededultra-highvisibilitytomeetstringentrecordsandcompliancerequirements. NetOpticsDirectorandDirectorxStreamDataMonitoringSwitchesprovedidealforthesepurposes.NetOptics’low-latencymonitoringsolutionshelpnetworkstorunatpeakperformance,optimizingtheabilityoffinancialcompaniestoexecutetransactionsathighvelocityandoutpacetheircompetitors. “Itisimperativethatwecreateandmaintainaworld-classdatacenter,aseverysecondinthefinancialmarketscounts,”saidtheorganization’sLowLatencyEngineering/ArchitectureManager.“WechosetheseDirectorsolutionsbecausetheyaresecure,reliablesolutionsthatdeliverunsurpassedmonitoringaccesscapabilities.”

Director and Director xStream: Mastering Intensive Data Center Challenges Rapidevolutionofthedatacenterhascreatedboundlessnewbusinessopportunities,buturgentmonitoringandmanagementissueshavearisenatthesametime:multiplevendordevices,proliferatingthreats,costconcerns,scalability,10Gdemands,complianceconcerns—andmore.Significantly,thelatencyrequirementsforapplicationsinthefinancialservicesrealmaremuchlessforgivingeventhanthoseofVoIPandnetworkgaming.

Directorisaninnovativesmartfilteringsolutionforoptimizingdifferenttypesoftrafficonhigh-speed1Gbpsand10Gbpslinks.Itfiltersandsendstraffictotherighttoolsinthefinancialorganization’sinstrumentationlayersotoolscanhandlemoretraffic,morelinks,andmoreprotocolsthaneverbeforepossible.Thiscapabilityisparticularlyimportant

Global Financial Services Group Deploys Net Optics Director™ and Director xStream™ In Its Data Centers to Meet Challenges of Network Monitoring, Latency, and Data Analysis An international bank and financial consulting enterprise needed a flexible, easily manageable solution to handle soaring traffic volumes—enabling total visibility to keep its network secure and available

CASE STUDY – FINANCIAL

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“WithsuperiorinsightandanalysisofourIThealth,we’venowstandardizedonNetOpticssolutionsaspartofourinfrastructure.”

—Low Latency Engineering/Architecture Manager

Engineering for Low Latency in the 10G Environment ThefinancialservicescompanymonitorswithDirectorandDirectorxStreamtoachievethelowlatencythatisvitaltoitssector.DirectorxStreamfeaturesultra-lowlatencysiliconandusescut-througharchitecturetoprovideblazingspeedonallpacketsizes—shortorlong,andregardlessoftraffictype.DirectorxStreamcandeliverlatencyoflessthanonemicrosecond—includingmulti-levelfilters.Withhardwarethroughputof240Gbps(andnopacketsdropped),thesolutionfullyprotectstheintegrityofthefinancialorganization’snetworktraffic.

DirectorxStream’sinnovativeTapflow™filteringdistributestotheorganization’smonitoringtoolsonlytrafficthatisofinterestfortheirrespectivepurposes.Inaddition,thehighnumberofavailableports,andtheflexibilityofthemodulebasedarchitecturemaketheseDirectorsolutionsoptimalfortheorganization’spurposes.Thisisthelevelofperformancethatitneedstomaintainthesafetyofitsfinancialtransactions.

Multiple Capabilities for Managing the Complex, High-Speed Financial Network BothDirectormodelsenhancenetworkperformancebyprovidingsuperiorinsightandanalysisofIThealth.Thiscapabilityenhancesthefinancialorganization’soverallbusinessefficiencyandraisesthequalityofservicesitoffersclients.

DeployingDirectorandDirectorxStreamthroughoutthefinancialorganization’sdatacentersprovesthatNetOpticsimprovesbusinessresultsthroughcost-effectivemonitoringandsuperiornetworkperformance.BothDirectorandDirectorxStreamenhancetheorganization’snetworkperformancebyprovidingsuperiorinsightandanalysis,improvingoverallbusinessefficiencyandincreasingthequalityofcustomerservice.TheorganizationcannowstandardizeonNetOpticssolutions,whichscaleeasilytomeetthedemandsofgrowth.

tothisfinancialorganizationbecauseitsmassivevolumesofbusiness-criticaltraffictravelatexceptionallyhighspeedsandcanaffordnolatencyorintrusion.

Offeringtheindustry’shighestcost-effectiveportdensityina1Usolution,DirectorxStreamisapowerfulresourceforflexible,totalprotectionofmultiprotocoltraffic.Itallowsthisfinancialorganizationtoleveragethepotentialof10Gnetworkingwhileachievingtotalvisibility,dataprotection,unrivaledperformanceandsmoothmanageability.BothDirectorsolutionsalsoenabletheorganizationtoderivefullvaluefromits1Gand10Gmonitoringtools.

SFP+portsenableDirectorxStreamtosupportboth1Gbpsand10Gbpslinksandtools,withanytypeofcopperorfibermedia.DirectorxStreamautomaticallyperformsdatarateandmediatypeconversions—savingonCAPEXbecausethefinancialorganizationcanapplytoolstolinkswithdissimilarmediaratherthanpurchasingnewtools.Forexample,trafficfroma10-Gbpsfiberlinkcanbefilteredorloadbalancedtomultiple1-Gbpscopper-interfacemonitoringtools;multiple1-GbpsLXlinkscanbeaggregatedtoa10-GbpsSRmonitoringtool.

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