Technical Specifications

FVDR Sensor Platform

Purpose-built hardware for continuous packet capture and forensic validation

Core Capabilities

Continuous PCAP

100% packet capture with no sampling or filtering

Forensic Validation

Patented technology for court-admissible evidence

Real-Time Analysis

Stream processing with sub-second threat detection

Sensor Models

Entry Level

FVDR-SM

Throughput:1 Gbps
Storage:8 TB
Retention:30 days
Ports:4x 1GbE
Form Factor:1U Rackmount

Ideal For:

  • •Small offices
  • •Branch locations
  • •SMB deployments

Technical Specs:

  • CPU: Intel Xeon E-2288G
  • RAM: 32 GB ECC DDR4
  • Capture: Hardware timestamping
  • Storage: RAID 10
Mid-Range

FVDR-MD

Throughput:10 Gbps
Storage:48 TB
Retention:60 days
Ports:2x 10GbE + 8x 1GbE
Form Factor:2U Rackmount

Ideal For:

  • •Medium enterprises
  • •Data centers
  • •Regional offices

Technical Specs:

  • CPU: Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
  • RAM: 128 GB ECC DDR4
  • Capture: FPGA acceleration
  • Storage: RAID 60
Enterprise

FVDR-LG

Throughput:40 Gbps
Storage:192 TB
Retention:90+ days
Ports:4x 40GbE + 8x 10GbE
Form Factor:4U Rackmount

Ideal For:

  • •Large enterprises
  • •Core networks
  • •Service providers

Technical Specs:

  • CPU: Dual Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
  • RAM: 512 GB ECC DDR4
  • Capture: Dedicated ASIC
  • Storage: RAID 60 + Hot Spare

Technical Requirements

Network TAP Requirements

  • ✓Passive optical TAPs for fiber networks
  • ✓Active TAPs with link fault propagation
  • ✓Zero packet loss guarantee
  • ✓Out-of-band management

Power & Environmental

  • ✓Redundant power supplies (N+1)
  • ✓Operating temp: 10°C to 35°C
  • ✓Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing
  • ✓NEBS Level 3 compliant options

Security Features

  • ✓Hardware root of trust
  • ✓Encrypted storage at rest
  • ✓Secure boot verification
  • ✓FIPS 140-2 Level 2 validated

Performance Metrics

  • ✓Line-rate packet capture
  • ✓< 1μs timestamp accuracy
  • ✓Zero packet reordering
  • ✓Real-time compression

SmartPCAP™ Technology

Intelligent packet capture that maintains 100% visibility while optimizing storage

Always Captured

  • •All packet headers (Layer 2-4)
  • •Complete TCP handshakes
  • •DNS queries and responses
  • •Authentication attempts
  • •Suspicious or anomalous traffic

Intelligently Filtered

  • •Redundant encrypted payloads
  • •Known benign streaming content
  • •Duplicate retransmissions
  • •Large file transfers (after sampling)
  • •Whitelisted backup traffic

Deployment Options

On-Premises

Deploy sensors in your data center with full control over data

Hybrid Cloud

Local capture with cloud-based analysis and storage

Managed Service

Fully managed FVDR with 24/7 monitoring by Vigilant SOC