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Packet Brokers

Acquire every packet.
Deliver the ones that matter.

OVERVIEW

The Foundation for Packet-Level Observability

cVu® packet brokers provide the purest record of network traffic to security and performance management tools. Built for the most demanding networks, cPacket's brokers:

   • Acquire every packet across hybrid networks
   • Curate traffic with advanced processing at line rate
   • Deliver the right packets to network, security, and application monitoring tools

cPacket offers three packet broker lines that allow customers balance performance, features, and cost requirements in a variety of deployment scenarios.

Advanced Packet Brokers (cVu NG)

With custom ASICs and port-based FPGAs, cVu NG brokers provide the highest packet processing capacity without bottlenecks, and support advanced features like deduplication, header stripping, and packet slicing.

TapAgg Packet Brokers (cVu AG)

Scalable and cost-effective traffic acquisition, aggregation, filtering, and forwarding. Often deployed at the edge of large networks and feed packets to advanced packet brokers.

Virtual Packet Brokers (cVu-V)

Agentless packet mirroring that provides visibility of cloud traffic (in AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure). Offers superior performance and security delivery than Cloud Service Providers’ native mirroring services.

BENEFITS

Why Choose cVu Packet Brokers?

Seamless Hybrid Visibility

Physical and virtual solutions eliminate blind spots to provide a real-time view of network traffic on-prem, in the cloud, and everywhere in between.

Lower Cost of Ownership (TCO)

cPacket's all-inclusive licensing model means no more costly surprises or add-on features.

Maximize ROI

Offloading packet processing makes network and security tools up to 30% more efficient – eliminating the need for extra tools.

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Key Product Features

Line-rate Processing Up to 400 Gbps

Up to 12.8 TB of capacity for smart processing – packet filtering, deduplication, slicing, header stripping, and more – in the most demanding networks.

Nanosecond Timestamping

Unmatched precision allows network teams to pinpoint issues, correlate events, reduce MTTR/MTTI, and comply with service level agreements (SLAs).

Real-time Microburst Analysis

Only cPacket can detect and identify the source of high-intensity spikes that go unnoticed with other solutions – before they degrade network performance.

cStor® appliances automatically capture, index, and analyze every packet at line rate – nothing sampled, nothing lost.

• Lossless Packet Capture up to 200 Gbps

• Fast Indexing and Retrieval

• Real-time Network Analytics

• Integrated Investigation Workflows

cClear® Control Center provides a unified view of packet intelligence across complex hybrid networks.

• Single View of Network Traffic

• Enhanced Search and Correlation

• Centralized Observability Stack

cPacket AI turns packet data into fast and explainable answers, so teams can resolve issues in minutes instead of days – without sacrificing accuracy or control.

• AI-Guided Investigations

• Packet-Level Evidence

• Built-in Troubleshooting Skills

• Open AI Integrations

cPacket’s Cloud Observability Suite enables end-to-end traffic visibility across physical, virtual, hybrid, cloud, and containerized environments.

• cVu-V® Agentless Packet Brokers

• cStor-V® Virtual Packet Capture and Analytics

• cTap-V® for Container Visibility

• cClear-V® Control Center

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

“cPacket helped us realize that the right packet broker can do more than feed our security tools. Now we’re using real-time snapshots to improve our operational troubleshooting – leading to faster response times and greater efficiency.”

IT Operations Engineer

Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to common questions about network observability and cPacket solutions.

Why do I need a packet broker for network observability?

Network observability is only as good as its data. A packet broker gathers traffic from every monitoring point and delivers clean, timestamped feeds to network and security tools without blind spots or tool overload.

How does a packet broker improve network and security monitoring tools?

cPacket packet brokers aggregate and timestamp traffic from taps and SPAN ports across the network. Then they curate the data (deduplicating, slicing, and filtering out irrelevant traffic), so network and security tools get only what they can process.

Can packet brokers be used on-prem and in cloud environments?

Physical packet brokers handle on-premises taps, while virtual brokers process native cloud traffic mirrors and Kubernetes traffic. cPacket manages both from its cClear Control Center, giving one view across hybrid environments.

What should I look for when choosing a network packet broker?

Look for predictable, line-rate performance with all smart features enabled, accurate timestamping, broad decapsulation support, physical and cloud coverage, open APIs, and tight integration with packet capture and analytics.

What packet broker features are important for high-speed networks?

High-speed networks require line-rate processing at 100G and 400G with no throughput drop when filtering, deduplication, and slicing are enabled, plus nanosecond timestamping and microburst detection that identifies which source caused each burst.

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