NetFlow Vs. sFlow: Which is better?
…any customer that has a network with equipment supporting both sFlow and NetFlow, they will tell you this about sFlow when NetFlow isn’t available: “I’d rather collect NetFlow but, sFlow…
Cisco Nexus 9000 NetFlow Configuration
Cisco Nexus 9000 NetFlow Configuration Recently I’ve received numerous request for a sample on the Cisco Nexus 9000 NetFlow configuration. This device has a slightly different approach to configuring NetFlow….
NetFlow vs. sFlow for Network Monitoring and Security: The Final Say
…NetFlow support. Sure, we still support sFlow and it works as well as can be expected but it simply hasn’t had as much attention as NetFlow/IPFIX has. How could it?…
Glossary
…counts, timestamps, and other relevant fields like TCP flags, VLAN ID, or application information. Flow records are generated by network devices (routers, switches, probes) using NetFlow, IPFIX, or sFlow, and…
Cisco sFlow Support
…Since the Nexus 3000 series switches are the first Cisco products with sFlow, many Cisco network administrators experienced with using Cisco’s NetFlow technology for monitoring TCP/IP traffic may likely be…
Arista sFlow Configuration
…source 10.1.1.21 switch(config)#sflow polling-interval 5 switch(config)#sflow polling-interval 10 switch(config)#sflow run Now that we have our Arista 7150 configured we can start looking at the flows in our NetFlow/sFlow collector. We…
sFlow vs NetFlow Comparison
…Figure 3: NetFlow Collector Bandwidth Example sFlow vs NetFlow Comparison – Top Source Hosts This is where the comparison changes in sampling (sFlow) versus looking at all the data (NetFlow). …
Configuring sFlow on Arista devices
…measurements without impacting network performance. For more information, consider reading this whitepaper on sFlow vs. NetFlow. sFlow configuration on Arista Arista switches provide a single sFlow agent instance that samples…
sFlow Vs IPFIX
…Real Time Both IPFIX and sFlow are intended to support real time exports and samples of data, including packets. In fact, NetFlow also supports it. However, being real time is…
Cumulus Networks sFlow Configuration
I have been working with a number of customers recently who use Cumulus Networks sFlow as a means to monitor network traffic. Cumulus Networks designs and sells a Linux operating…