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Switches handle data at far faster rate than any hardware can actually inspect it, store it, process it, etc. But yeah, just a rack of "fast switches" is all i
by strictnein 25d ago
Switches handle data at far faster rate than any hardware can actually inspect it, store it, process it, etc.
But yeah, just a rack of "fast switches" is all it takes to route hundreds of petabytes of data each day. You should let the data center operators know. They'd save billions.
- mitxela 25d agoSwitches do inspect it. They also have a feature designed for wiretapping, which copies a percentage of traffic to another port. They may have a feature to copy 100% of traffic matching a certain filter. Managed switch ASICs have this feature even though it's usually not exposed in the CLI.