Stiletto©
Standard Nodes
Jobs are created on the job canvas by dragging nodes from the
palette and connecting them in a logical order. A node can have
any number of incoming or outgoing connections, thus providing easy
step-by-step backups and redundant output. Certain nodes can use
named pipes instead of files to provide near-real time processing
end-to-end in a job. This flexible architecture can easily be
enhanced to create mediation solutions for any customer requirement.
These are program objects whose function is to communicate with each
network element (switch, router, server,
etc.) and collect data records. The standard Disk Collector and
FTP Collector are capable of handling most collection needs. When
conditions require a specific collection protocol, a number of
custom
collectors are available.
Processors 
Stiletto© processing nodes
manipulate
the data stream. Both the File Processing node and the Block
Processing node accept standard C++ library plugins. These nodes
process incoming data either a file at a time or a block at a
time respectively. Custom libraries can be written to
handle such standard things as real time CDR file translation,
duplicate CDR file
detection, duplicate file
detection, and CDR file content manipulation. The Pipe to
File
Conversion node provides the user a mechanism to take an incoming real
time stream of blocked data and separate it into files based on custom
criteria such as time and file size. Together these
nodes provide an open ended framework to solve most mediation
requirements.
Distributors 
At any point in a job, output can be distributed to local disk or to
another
computer. The Disk Distributor can write a file to a directory on a
disk local to the
Stiletto© mediation system
or to a disk on another computer on the same network. The FTP
Distributor is used to send processed files over a TCP/IP network to
downstream systems that support the FTP client.
