Patent ID: 8755293

Claim:
A time machine arrangement for performing health check on a network environment, comprising: a set of network ports, said set of network ports including a set of input network ports for receiving data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting said data traffic from said time machine arrangement; a monitoring port, said monitoring port being configured to receive at least a portion of said data traffic flowing through said network environment; a set of processors configured at least for managing and analyzing said data traffic, wherein said set of processors including a scheduler component configured for directing said data traffic to and redirecting said data traffic between said set of processors, a filtering component configured for applying a set of filters on said data traffic, an encryption component configured for encrypting said data traffic, and a trigger component configured for defining a set of conditions for storing said data traffic; and a storage memory component configured for storing a copy of at least said portion of said data traffic received from said monitoring port and flowing through said network environment to a monitoring device.