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RE: Help needed - Cisco Netflow


From: Joe Loiacono <jloiacon () csc com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:10:17 -0400

"Lee, Steven (NSG Malaysia)" <kin-wei.lee () hp com> wrote on 10/10/2008 
01:20:30 PM:

Does anyone aware of the sampled netflow accuracy?

If you mean how well you can extrapolate "real" numbers from "samples" by 
multiplying by the inverse sample rate, my (initial and somewhat limited) 
testing showed a surprising correlation. A pretty good first 
approximation.

Joe


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