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Re: Real world sflow vs netflow?


From: Peter Phaal <peter.phaal () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:52:28 -0700

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Joe Loiacono <jloiacon () csc com> wrote:
OK, Well I guess I was thinking sFlow was primarily a switch oriented
technology versus on a layer-3 peering router.

The sFlow technology is a good fit for any device that performs a
packet forwarding function (including routers) and the sFlow.org web
site maintains a list of switches and routers that implement the
technology,

http://sflow.org/products/network.php

However, you are correct that today sFlow is more broadly implemented
in switching platforms than routing platforms, but I expect this will
change as network speeds increase and platforms converge.


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