By removing payload data from packets and leaving only the header information (Packet Slicing), a network monitoring switch can send more data across a given link to a monitoring tool. Utilizing Packet Slicing, your tools receive much more condensed network data for analysis, increasing efficiency and utilization and ensuring regulatory compliance. Similarly, large enterprise pedabyte storage systems can be very expensive, and reducing packet size prior to storage can save companies millions in data storage costs.

APCON's Packet Slicing can be performed either at ingress or egress. This creates flexibility in configuring your Packet Slicing solution. The ability to slice on either ingress or egress allows sharing of the packet payload with other tools by slicing at egress, or you can fully optimize your traffic through the switch by slicing on ingress.