Our Network security solution is a leader in cutting edge NetFlow collection innovation; here are top 13 features you should know about:

1. Chosen by Cisco to support their most innovative Flexible NetFlow technologies.  The “Medianet 2.2 Deployment Guide”   can be found on page 7,8,10 & 11.  We were the first to support Cisco Performance Monitoring (PfR) FnF exports which help secure that business related traffic receives priority. Read more »

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IPFIX is taking the world by storm!  Taking it beyond the standard network traffic from routers and switches, you can now get traditional message formats such as syslogs, Microsoft event logs, SNMP traps and more exported as IPFIX!!! And with our IPFIX collector, reporting on this unified message format is similar to monitoring network traffic.

Do you want quick and easy access to Syslog reporting?  What better solution than your NetFlow and IPFIX reporting solution?  With IPFIXify, you can export syslogs as IPFIX records.  Then using Scrutinizer Flow Analyzer as your flow reporting solution, you can then store, report on, correlate and analyze all of those logs.  Check out this list of reports available for Syslog reporting!

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System requirements for a NetFlow collector are a lot higher than the average program. While I am still the “new guy” in support I am already seeing some trends here at Plixer. The majority of cases I have been working with involve servers that seem to run slow despite being on top of the line equipment. Nearly every time this issue comes up it is caused by an improper hard disk configuration.

One of the most overlooked NetFlow Collector System Requirements that write heavy database servers have is disk IOPS (Input/output Operations per Second). You have to remember that a spinning disk is very limited on how many writes it can make at any given time, and if the collector cannot write to the disk fast enough it can cause a lot of problems.  This has been the root cause of a lot of slow NetFlow collectors.

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NetFlow v5 gave us great insight into network traffic, then NetFlow v9 gave us more, then Flexible NetFlow was more, well, flexible, and, now I ask, “How does IPFIX vs NetFlow compare?”

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Do you need an Enterasys NetFlow Collector?

Well, if you have Enterasys S-Series switches exporting Hi-Fidelity NetFlow, adding advanced NetFlow analysis to your network management toolset increases the value of that investment.

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Today we will discuss how to configure an Extreme Networks switch for IPFIX exports and what Extreme switches support IPFIX. If you’re looking for an Ethernet switch to monitor the network by exporting IPFIX, that also supports Power Over Ethernet (POE), then you’ve found the right one!

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Extreme supports both IPFIX and sFlow on the same switch. Their position is that IPFIX is a complimentary protocol to sFlow. IPFIX gathers information about network flows through the switch and sends the information to an external collector. The Summit X460 includes hardware support to keep track of the flow records.

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Plixer recently teamed up Mix Master Mitch and Hip-Hop sensation Jeffrey Ramsey “Flow Master.Pcap” to produce their latest music video about SonicWALL IPFIX and NetFlow Exports.  MMM passes the torch in his usual epic fashion. Check it out!

If you want to learn more about Jeffrey Ramsey, also known as Ya Fav Homie JR, visit his website or follow @YaFavHomieJR on Twitter.  However, any true NetFlow analysis aficionado should first be familiar with  the work of long-time NetFlow rap contributor Mix Master Mitch, which can be found on the NetFlow Rap fan page.  Most videos were produced by Real Media Solutions.

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We have 5 remote sites all using VoIP to access the company Asterisk PBX.  We monitor the health (e.g. Jitter, Packet loss, etc.) of their VoIP connections by reporting on the Cisco Performance Monitoring Flexible NetFlow exports.  We really appreciate the insight that this new Cisco Medianet technology provides.

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It is time to discuss NetFlow sampling.  Today, NetFlow collectors need to be able to capture and save tens of thousands of flows per second if not hundreds of thousands of flows per second. Sometimes however, 100% of the flow data is not necessary.

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