VMX-Prism allows us to query the packet captures in VMX-Capture in addition to being able to query post-processed data in VMX-Analysis. This delivers the following benefits:

• Get the raw truth
  The packet captures are the ‘raw truth’ of what happened on the network at any particular point in time. Being able to retrieve them dynamically can help in all sorts of situations:

  • Dynamic retrieval when a problem is detected.

  • Regular archiving jobs of particular connections or particular times of day.

  • Avoids manual retrieval of packet captures when, for example, a team that doesn’t have production access needs regular packet captures retrieved for them.

• Query superpowers
  The VMX-Prism API goes beyond simply retrieving packet capture files: it also exposes access to the dynamic decoding that the VMX-Capture stack provides.
  So, for example, you can:

  • Pull out FIX message logs.

  • Pull out a stream of price updates that occurred during a particular time.
    Being able to do this retrospectively directly from the packet captures allows you to perform this analysis for much higher volume data than you would be able to store continually for a long period of time.

This rich functionality enables you to put your trading and pricing operations performance under a microscope when you most need it.