80 Gbps Deep Packet Inspection Hardware Announced

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that Procera Networks is launching a new weapon on the deep packet inspection (DPI) front. At $800,000 these 80 Gbps tanks aren't going to be sitting in everyone's closet, but it could mean that more traffic shaping is on the way. "The PL10000 can handle up to 5 million subscribers and can track 48 million real-time data flows. That's certainly a potent piece of hardware, but larger ISPs will need more. That's why Procera designed the new machines with full support for synchronizing traffic flows where return traffic might be routed to a different PacketLogic machine. The machine receiving the return traffic can make the machine monitoring the outbound traffic aware that it sees the other half of a TCP/IP conversation, for example, giving the devices more accuracy than those which might only have access to one side."

Just in time!

[courteaudotbiz]

Just in time for the olympic games!

tank

[BorgCopyeditor]

80 Gbps tanks aren't going to be sitting in everyone's closet

Not until Wrath of the Lich King comes out ... wait, what were we talking about?

Re:Obligatory

[oodaloop]

And imagine a Beowolf cluster, and if it ran Linux, etc etc.

Cue existential question:

[Anonymous Coward]

Maxwell Smart's communications might be ultra-secure, but nearby KAOS agents still hear whenever his shoe rings, y'know?

But if Agent 86's shoe phone rings while he is inside the Cone of Silence, does KAOS stll hear it?

Re:Math is fun.

[gnick]

Yes, 2kBps would be the available average bandwidth. So, assuming that nobody is running p2p software, downloading pornos, or retrieving linux isos, the available peak bandwidth would be much higher. But that would mean that you'd have to advertise speeds that you can't provide during high-demand times and hide a "we'll provide whatever we feel like providing and you'll have to keep paying for it whether you're satisfied or not" clause in the contract. Would any ISP ever stoop so low as to try something like that?

Re:Math is fun.

[Anonymous Coward]

and you should be fine as long as you don't cross them.