Observer GigaStor

GigaStor is the authoritative source of packet-level insights for the Observer Platform, capturing and retaining every network conversation for real-time and retrospective analysis. These high-fidelity packet insights power patented End-User Experience (EUE) scoring in Observer Apex, providing critical individual and enterprise-wide visibility into IT service health and simplifying complex troubleshooting when problems arise.

As the industry leader in back-in-time analysis, GigaStor eliminates the guesswork of recreating events. Teams can navigate to the exact moment of a performance anomaly or security breach—before, during, and after—to conduct forensic-level investigations and root-cause analysis with precision.

With flexible, scalable deployment and storage options, GigaStor delivers high-performance packet capture and forensic visibility—enabling NetOps, SecOps, and DevOps to collaborate using a shared source of truth.

GigaStor offers the following features and benefits:

• Line-rate packet capture at up to 60 Gbps, validated independently, with support for 100 Gb network environments
• Scalable storage beyond five petabytes with AES-256 data-at-rest encryption for regulatory compliance and long-term visibility
• Custom analytics and deep-packet inspection for detailed performance and security investigations
• 100 percent duty-cycle capture over five years with fault-tolerant hardware, ensuring not a single packet is dropped
• Compact form factor and reduced cost per TB, designed to minimize data center footprint and total cost of ownership
• GigaStor software versions can be deployed on-premises or used to extend packet-level visibility into cloud 

Additional resources:

• Network Performance Monitoring
• Network Performance
• Enterprise Performance Management
• Network Security
• Threat Hunting