Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Opnet Technologies, Inc.

Dimitris Stassinopoulos

Han C Wen

George Zioulas

Network traffic information for nodes of a first logical hierarchy is stored at a monitoring device according to ranks of the nodes within the logical hierarchy as determined by each node's position therein and user preferences. At least some of the network traffic information stored at the network monitoring device may then be reported to another network monitoring device, where it can be aggregated with similar information from other network monitoring devices. Such reporting may occur according to rankings of inter-node communication links between nodes of different logical hierarchies of monitored nodes.

Method and system for managing a distributed network of network monitoring devices

Nodes of a network may be allocated to a number of logical groups thereof, and storage space within a network traffic monitoring device coupled to the network then allocated so as to ensure network traffic data for at least a minimum number of the nodes of each of the logical groups is stored.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Dimitris Stassinopoulos