Reporting and Analysis: NetFlow, sFlow, Netstream, jFlow, IPFIX, etc.

"Scrutinizer is the best pure-play I've seen for NetFlow reporting."
Jim Frey, Enterprise Management Associates

Plixer delivers a diverse range of free and commercial flow measuring and monitoring tools. From network traffic reporting to network behavior analysis, we offer a full suite.

Scrutinizer Free NetFlow & sFlow traffic analysis and reporting solution.
Flow Analytics is a company wide reporting solution for:
- Archiving of Scrutinizer database beyond 24 hours (i.e. infinite years of data can be saved at selectable intervals). The free version of Scrutinizer drops all data at midnight.
- Adds several additional traffic analysis Report Types (e.g. Flows, Flow Volume, NBAR Support, etc.).
- Report on Top Applications, Conversations, Flows, Protocols, Domains, Countries, Subnets, etc., across dozens of routers and switches.
- Any saved report in Scrutinizer can be configured with a threshold to trigger an alarm.
- DNS resolution becomes automated and a constant process.
- Network traffic reporting and alarming on the internal network: SYN, NULL, FIN, XMAS Scans, RST/ACK worms, P2P, ICMP Unreachable, illegal IP addresses, excessive Multicast traffic, known compromised Internet hosts and more.
Distributed Collectors can be used to analyze network traffic enterprise-wide, from a central location. Dozens of distributed collectors can be supported for companies with thousands of NetFlow and sFlow exporting devices (i.e. routers and switches).
Service Providers can take advantage of the SPM (Service Provider Module), which allows permissions to be configured per router, switch, interface, etc. per login account. Customizable billing solutions for overusage and invoicing.
Flowalyzer Free NetFlow Tester can be used to test NetFlow v5 and v9. A very popular free tool.

Recent NetFlow Analysis Blog Entries

Suffering from slow performance when rendering reports?

Posted by Jo-G on September 1, 2010
Defrag your hard drive! As mentioned in Scott's blog, "Getting the most from your NetFlow and sFlow Analysis Tool", disk fragmentation can be the primary cause for slow performance in running NetFlow reports. Due to the large volume of data stored when collecting ...

NetFlow Reference Tool Available in "Commercial NetFlow Applications"

Posted by Angela on August 30, 2010
If you are seeking a good understanding of NetFlow, or a better understanding of how it can be enabled, configured, and analyzed, the “Commercial NetFlow Applications” chapter from the book Digital Forensics for Network, Internet, and Cloud Computing can be a great ...

How is NetFlow Data Stored in Scrutinizer? Part 1

Posted by danny on August 28, 2010
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 ...

Autonomous Systems with NetFlow

Posted by Jon Mills on August 26, 2010
Such a dilemma, when it comes to Autonomous System NetFlow exports, which do you prefer: peer-as or origin-as? If you don’t care about Autonomous System reports, you still just might find this post interesting. I’ll try to keep you captivated! Autonomous ...

"We have used Scrutinizer on multiple troubleshooting opportunities to isolate what type of traffic was causing the heavy utilization and also what offending devices were doing it. Scrutinizer has more than lived up to its expectations."
Danny, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp