Our NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer receives  data collected over a 1 minute time interval  per flow, and can store up to 100 000 conversations (flows) per device. One limitation in NetFlow monitoring today is the amount of disk space needed to store the collected network traffic information. Especially, if one’s intent is to hold on to that information  for a certain period of time. In this blog I will try to help you understand how Scrutinizer archives data. In addition I will talk about the NetFlow Calculator, which can be a helpful tool for estimating the disk space needed on your NetFlow analyzer server. Read more »

A common occurrence and cause for data loss in Scrutinizer prior to version 7 has been crashed database tables.  It has also been the subject of many calls to our technical support group. Due to the large amount of NetFlow data received by NetFlow collectors, corrupted database tables can cause a large amount of data loss in a short period of time.

To minimize data loss and support time required to repair the corrupted database tables, in version 7 of our NetFlow and sFlow analyzer, we have introduced the ‘self-healing’ database.

A MySQL database check and repair is run on a regularly scheduled basis, once an hour.  If the database check finds any corrupted database tables, it will attempt the repair.  If it is unable to repair, an alarm will be generated to Scrutinizer to alert you of the corrupted table.
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It’s here!

We said it would come, and now it has been delivered.

With the availability of the new migration function, which comes with the latest release of Plixer’s own NetFlow monitoring application, we can now make your conversion from Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer v6 to v7 smoother than ever.

Now, with the assistance of this new tool, your historical NetFlow data and elaborate Flash maps will be moved right on over to your new install.

Please know that there will be some limitations to this NetFlow data migration process. If you are still using Scrutinizer version 6 for your network traffic analysis and would like to know more about them, please contact Plixer support. Also, if you are interested to know what other new features and fixes are available in the latest release, take a look at the Scrutinizer version 7.2 release notes.

So, if you are eager to start running the most revolutionary Windows NetFlow Collector on the market, give our Support Team a call and we will assist you in getting your migration started!

Plixer Support
(207) 324-8805 ext: 4