Several Advantages of Cisco NetFlow

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Rapid increase of IP networks has developed curiosity in new business software and services. These innovative services have consequence in swells in demand for network bandwidth, performance, and expected quality of services.

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Page 1: Several Advantages of Cisco NetFlow

Several Advantages of Cisco NetFlow

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Rapid increase of IP networks has developed curiosity in new business software and

services. These innovative services have consequence in swells in demand for network

bandwidth, performance, and expected quality of services. At the same time, the

requirement has appeared for measurement technology to support this development by

effectively offering the information needed to trace network and application resource

use. Cisco's NetFlow protocol offers solutions for each of these difficulties.

NetFlow traditionally allows several crucial customer applications

comprising:

Network monitoring – NetFlow data

allows real time network monitoring

abilities. Flow-based analysis methods

may be employed to envisage traffic

patterns concerned with individual

switches and routers and also on a

network-wide basis to offer hands-on

problem finding, professional

troubleshooting, and quick problem

resolution.

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Network planning – NetFlow can be employed to detain data for a long period creating

the chance to track and expect network expansion and plan improvements to improve

the total of routing tools, ports, or bandwidth interfaces. NetFlow aids to lessen the total

expense of network operations while exploiting network performance, competence, and

dependability. NetFlow distinguishes unessential WAN traffic, authenticates bandwidth

and Quality of Service and enables the examination of new network software. Most

importantly NetFlow will offer you helpful information to decrease the expense of running

your network.

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Security analysis – NetFlow detects and categorizes DDOS attacks, worms and viruses in

real-time. Modifications in Network performance indicate irregularities that are evidently

displayed in NetFlow data. The data is a helpful forensic tool to comprehend and rerun the

history of security occurrences.

Accounting or billing – NetFlow data offers fine detailed metering for extremely flexible and

comprehensive resource deployment accounting. Service suppliers may use the information

for billing depend on time-of-day, bandwidth use, application use, service quality, etc.

enterprise consumers may use information for cost distribution for resource consumption.

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NetFlow Data warehousing & data mining – NetFlow data can be stored for afterward

recovery and examination in support of hands-on marketing and consumer service

programs. Most importantly NetFlow data offers Market Researchers access to the

“who,” “what,” “where,” and “how long” info appropriate to venture and service

suppliers.

User monitoring & profiling – NetFlow data allows network engineers to get thorough

understanding of consumer or user deployment of network and application resources.

This info then may be used to effectively plan and distribute access, backbone and

application resources and also to spot and solve possible security and rule

infringements.