Capture and regeneration of a network data using a virtual software switch

A system, comprising:

• a virtual software switch to capture a network data using a processor and a memory, wherein the network data is captured to perform a network visibility analysis and the network data is communicated to at least one port of the virtual software switch;
• an additional memory to store the network data;
• and
• a regeneration module to form a reconstructed data using the stored network data.

A method, comprising:

• capturing a network data using a virtual software switch, a processor, and a memory, wherein the network data is captured to perform a network visibility analysis and the network data is communicated to at least one port of the virtual software switch;
• aggregating a payload data from the network data, wherein the network data is comprised of different packets;
• generating an extracted artifact using the aggregated payload data, wherein the extracted artifact is comprised of at least one of a word processing document, a spreadsheet document, a database, an image, a video, a multimedia file, an email, an instant message communication, an audio file, a compressed file, an executable file, a web page, a raw data, a metadata, and a presentation;
• forming a stored network data in a virtual storage device communicatively coupled to the virtual software switch;
• and
• regenerating the stored network data to form a reconstructed data, wherein the reconstructed data is formed using a variable communication rate comprised of at least one of a real time, an upper rate, a lower rate, and a customizable rate, and wherein the reconstructed data is communicated to at least one of a physical network and a virtual network.