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Re: NetFlow - path from Routers to Collector


From: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:40:37 +0700

On 2 Sep 2015, at 12:50, Avi Freedman wrote:

+ optimal tweaks include local flow proxy that can also rate
limit / re-sample, and send topk talkers over 'true' OOB.

Yes, a lot of distributed flow collection/analysis architectures are deployed this way, doing more than top-talkers, even. The key is that traffic between the elements of those types of deployments *must* not be disrupted; true OOB is preferred, but VLAN/VRF is still the norm, there.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net>


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