A managed switch allows you to copy traffic from one or more ports onto a designated mirror port. You'll have a copy of all traffic moving through your designated ports onto a port
You can't solve a problem you don't understand. Before you jump into action, bring your issues into the right level of focus with the Ladder of Abstraction.
Our large, distributed development team has tried several different methods for dividing up work. Here are the pros and cons we've noticed for each one.