Virtual Instruments announced its newest VirtualWisdom SAN Performance Probe, the ProbeFC8-HD48.
The new probe is the industry’s first and only 48-port, real‑time 8G line rate monitoring solution for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs).
It significantly improves the economics associated with dedicated performance monitoring of SAN-based systems, enabling organizations to extend monitoring capabilities deeper into their IT infrastructure.
The ProbeFC8-HD48 delivers six times the density of the original ProbeFC8 and lowers the cost per monitored link by 50 percent. It also uses 75 percent less rackspace and consumes 75 percent less power for the same monitoring footprint.
Traditionally, organizations have deployed dedicated monitoring solutions only against tier-1 revenue-generating or customer-facing applications. With the improved cost/benefit ratio of the ProbeFC8-HD48, organizations can now affordably monitor a broader application portfolio and drive greater performance optimization across more of the IT infrastructure.
Today’s IT environments, which leverage virtualization and cloud computing technologies, are designed for the utmost flexibility and require a solution that provides real‑time visibility into the performance of the underlying infrastructure. Statistical sampling or polling technologies, which gather incomplete data, are no longer sufficient. Instrumenting the physical SAN and seeing the traffic at the protocol level allows organizations to monitor every exchange and measure the impact of the SAN on application response times. This insight enables organizations to better align application requirements with performance capabilities, utilization levels and cost requirements to deliver on the value that is the promise of virtualization and cloud computing.
“We’ve listened to feedback from our customers and only two years after we introduced the first of the ProbeFC8 family of devices we’ve made significant strides in improving the density and economics of the solution,” said Barry Cooks, VP of Engineering, Virtual Instruments. “The addition of the ProbeFC8-HD48 rounds out the portfolio of SAN Performance Probes and expands the scope and scale of the IT environments that we can address.”
The SAN Performance Probe family of devices delivers the real‑time visibility that customers need to optimize the performance of their IT infrastructure. The ProbeFC8-HD48 is designed for large scale deployments with high port density storage arrays and for high-growth storage environments. The ProbeFC8-HD, which was introduced last year and monitors up to 16 Fibre Channel links per unit, is built for mid-scale, distributed deployments with mid-tier storage arrays. The ProbeFC8, which monitors up to 8 Fibre Channel links per unit, is ideal for small, entry-level deployments.
The ProbeFC8-HD48 is expected to be generally available by the end of the year.
The Latest
In the heat of the holiday online shopping rush, retailers face persistent challenges such as increased web traffic or cyber threats that can lead to high-impact outages. With profit margins under high pressure, retailers are prioritizing strategic investments to help drive business value while improving the customer experience ...
In a fast-paced industry where customer service is a priority, the opportunity to use AI to personalize products and services, revolutionize delivery channels, and effectively manage peaks in demand such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday are vast. By leveraging AI to streamline demand forecasting, optimize inventory, personalize customer interactions, and adjust pricing, retailers can have a better handle on these stress points, and deliver a seamless digital experience ...
Broad proliferation of cloud infrastructure combined with continued support for remote workers is driving increased complexity and visibility challenges for network operations teams, according to new research conducted by Dimensional Research and sponsored by Broadcom ...
New research from ServiceNow and ThoughtLab reveals that less than 30% of banks feel their transformation efforts are meeting evolving customer digital needs. Additionally, 52% say they must revamp their strategy to counter competition from outside the sector. Adapting to these challenges isn't just about staying competitive — it's about staying in business ...
Leaders in the financial services sector are bullish on AI, with 95% of business and IT decision makers saying that AI is a top C-Suite priority, and 96% of respondents believing it provides their business a competitive advantage, according to Riverbed's Global AI and Digital Experience Survey ...
SLOs have long been a staple for DevOps teams to monitor the health of their applications and infrastructure ... Now, as digital trends have shifted, more and more teams are looking to adapt this model for the mobile environment. This, however, is not without its challenges ...
Modernizing IT infrastructure has become essential for organizations striving to remain competitive. This modernization extends beyond merely upgrading hardware or software; it involves strategically leveraging new technologies like AI and cloud computing to enhance operational efficiency, increase data accessibility, and improve the end-user experience ...
AI sure grew fast in popularity, but are AI apps any good? ... If companies are going to keep integrating AI applications into their tech stack at the rate they are, then they need to be aware of AI's limitations. More importantly, they need to evolve their testing regiment ...
If you were lucky, you found out about the massive CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage last July by reading about it over coffee. Those less fortunate were awoken hours earlier by frantic calls from work ... Whether you were directly affected or not, there's an important lesson: all organizations should be conducting in-depth reviews of testing and change management ...
In MEAN TIME TO INSIGHT Episode 11, Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, at EMA discusses Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) ...
