Flow protocols in real-world environments
Over the years, libraries have been filled on the topic of flow protocols—specifically, how they work and their general accuracy.
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Cisco ASR 9000 Configuration NetFlow Guide
One of the best parts about working in Tech Support for a company that analyzes NetFlow, is that I get the opportunity to work with a wide variety of vendors and models. Today most vendors are supporting at least one form of NetFlow. Whether that’s version 5, version 9 or IPFIX. No matter what version …
sFlow vs NetFlow Comparison
I have been working with a number of customers who asked for an sFlow vs NetFlow comparison. They were concerned about the amount of visibility they were seeing with the sFlow (sampling) technology and why those reports were so different from their NetFlow reports. In response to all those requests, I set up a lab …
NetFlow vs. sFlow for Network Monitoring and Security: The Final Say
We’ve blogged about the differences between NetFlow and sFlow before but this debate continues to come up often enough and has been going on long enough that it needs to be put to rest once and for all. So let’s cut right to the chase: