WAN Optimization Sizing
Posted in NetFlow on November 21st, 2009 by mike@plixer.com
Apparently, many WAN Optimization companies price their appliances based on Flow Volume. What does Flow Volume mean? Flow Volume is the number of concurrent flows on a specific interface or all interfaces at any given time. For example, if you download a web page, this could create several flows. If you ping something, this would create a flow as well. In fact, syslogs, SNMP traps, etc. all create flows. TCP tends to create flows that linger longer than ICMP or UDP flows. Read more »
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