NetFlow - path from Routers to Collector

Wed Sep 2 09:40:37 UTC 2015

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 at arbor.net>