[c-nsp] MPLS-AWARE NETFLOW

Roland Dobbins rdobbins at arbor.net
Thu Nov 20 03:08:29 EST 2014


On 20 Nov 2014, at 14:22, Mark Tinka wrote:

> A lot of people "consider" this option as a way to keep costs down so 
> as not to have to deploy too many licenses or resources to support too 
> many edge routers.

The problem with this is that two of the primary benefits of NetFlow - 
edge-to-edge traceback and detailed peering analysis - are negated by 
this approach.

Better to do a partial edge deployment and then expand it over time, 
IMHO.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>


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