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Re: Real world sflow vs netflow?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Thu Sep 20 14:12:18 2012

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On 20/09/2012 17:59, Peter Phaal wrote:
> What do people think?

Flows are good for measuring some things; raw packet sampling is good for
measuring others.

Decide on what you're trying to measure, then pick the best tool for the job.

Nick



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