Melbourne startup claims world-first with 10Gbps network monitoring box

Melbourne-based networking vendor Sinefa has claimed a world-first with the launch of its network monitoring appliance for 10Gbps bandwidths.

The company says its new SF950 hardware probe is the first device built on commercial-off-the-shelf hardware to offer real-time traffic inspection for 10Gbps links, reducing the costs of network management.

The SF950 is built on Intel architecture and configuration can be in-line or out of path with copper and fibre interface options.

Co-founder Chris Siakos said the SF950 prevents partners from spending on expensive hardware with high deployment costs. "With a simple, zero commitment, subscription based pricing model this fundamentally changes the options for driving out network management costs and dramatically improving user productivity."

The company recently launched its Sinefa for Aggregation Points (Sinefa AP) monitoring tool for KVM or VMware hypervisor. The tool surfaces data on traffic flowing to and from aggregation points such as network cores, hosting points and data centres.

 Brisbane-based Cloud Plus was named as the first service provider to use Sinefa AP.

Sinefa was founded in 2011 and is distributed through Rhipe.