You can use multiple taps/spans against one monitor.
Relevant to all versions.
Yes. A Network Monitor can monitor either:
Or
In general, a Tap will present 2 ports of traffic, while a SPAN will present a single port of traffic.
There are 2 types of traffic load to be concerned with: unfiltered and filtered traffic (the traffic actually being monitored). The limits on NICS/Ports/Endace cards are as follows:
These limits were determined by running tests with a lot of traffic (unfiltered) and a small amount of filtered traffic and validating the accuracy of the filtered traffic.
See also:
Can I use two or more NIC cards on a host to capture traffic? (broadcom.com)