Plixer Replicator - Overview

What is Plixer Replicator?

Plixer Replicator is a networking appliance that can collect, replicate, and load-balance streams from UDP metadata-exporting devices before forwarding them to any number of collector systems.

How does Plixer Replicator work?

When network devices like switches, routers, and firewalls are configured to send flow data to Plixer Replicator, it automatically replicates and forwards packets to destination collectors following parameters in user-defined profiles.

Plixer Replicator eliminates the need for 1:1 correspondence between flow-exporting devices and network intelligence collectors, allowing teams to maximize the value of their existing infrastructure.

Plixer Replicator is available as either a rack-mountable hardware appliance or a virtualized ESX, Hyper-V, or KVM solution.

Replicator's role in your network

Main features

Fully configurable replication

Create profiles to manage exporter-to-collector assignments and use inclusion/exclusion policies to keep profiles updated as your environment expands

Insightful, real-time alarms

Gain additional visibility into all devices sending flows to Plixer Replicator and get alerted to drops in traffic and other irregularities

Full-featured web interface

View and manage the Plixer Replicator environment in an intuitive web interface

Robust command line interface (CLI)

Use interactive commands to configure Plixer Replicator’s functions and leverage advanced features