Flow Based Routing/Switching (Was: "Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot))

Sat Apr 5 10:28:04 UTC 2008

On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> The flows are in those boxes, but only for stats purposes exported  
> with NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow/etc. Apparently it was not as fast as they  
> liked it to be

This is essentially correct.  NetFlow was originally intended as a  
switching mechanism, but then it became apparent that the value of the  
information in the cache and the ability to export it as telemetry  
were of more value, as there were other, more efficient methods of  
moving the packets around.

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