Able to be introduced on virtual machine on COTS hardware, CreaNODE vProbe fosters future proof SDN implementation with capability to allocate resources based on performance thresholds and more. This network element-independent, virtualized, scalable active network monitoring probe comes with EchoVault multi-vendor Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and SDN Service Assurance Controller, which includes multi-vendor Y.1731, TWAMP, and Flow Stats with advanced analytics.