Introduction

Hardware

FMADIO 20G Gen3

The FMADIO 20G packet capture device is our entry level full sustained line rate 10Gbit capture to cache packet capture / packet sniffer devices. It is a compact 1U 650mm deep chassis featuring 3.2 nanosecond resolution hardware packet time stamps and sub 100ns world time accuracy via PTPv2 and PPS.

In addition there is 1-4TB of high bandwidth SSD flash storage which is written back into 16-64TB of raw magnetic disk drives. The system is unique by combining a hybrid SSD / HDD storage architecture to gain maximum cost savings with maximum disk storage and still be capable of sustained up to 4TB worth of line rate capture without any packet drops.

FMADIO20G Gen3 Block Architecture