Re: Sflow billing or usage calculation software

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

I’m curious what the service is that 50Mbps avg over a 24 hr window is an
investigative threshold.

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 17:57 Peter Phaal <peter.phaal () gmail com> wrote:

> Tony,
>
> You might find the following article useful in identifying features to
> consider when evaluating sFlow analyzers:
> https://blog.sflow.com/2009/05/choosing-sflow-analyzer.html
>
> The following white paper discusses accuracy of packet sampling for usage
> accounting:
> https://inmon.com/pdf/sFlowBilling.pdf
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:07 PM Tony C <tonycane () iinet net au> wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am looking for Sflow analytical software that can tell me automatically
> > over say a period of 24 hours (or any time period I select) the average
> > mbit of data consumed for any IP address within our entire AS.
> >
> > (Without configuring a rule or billing group for each IP address or
> > customer within our network)
> >
> > The purpose is to help quickly work out IP addressees which are using
> > more bandwidth (in or out) than what we consider to be acceptable usage.
> >
> > For example, I would like to review a report or be automatically alerted
> > to any IP address using more than an average of 50mbit within the past 24
> > hour plus have the capability to review data say over a month.
> >
> > Any names of software of suggestions would be great which I can
> > investigate, happy to look at both commercial software and open source or
> > if you have a Sflow billing solution for data consumption which is simple
> > and easy to use please let me know
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tony