Re: [IPFIX] WG Last Call for draft-ietf-ipfix-information-model-rfc5102bis-05.txt
Benoit Claise <[email protected]>
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On 31/10/2012 10:58, Brian Trammell wrote:
> Hi, Paul,
>
> On 31 Oct 2012, at 15:55 , Paul Aitken wrote:
>
>> How about:
>>>
>>> A delta counter counts only observations made since the last export of a Flow Record for a given Flow.
>> That's back to my point that the observation might not be exported.
>>
>> More to the point, delta/total counting is a function of the MP. Whether the MP hands data to the EP, and what the EP does or does not do with that data, should have no bearing on how the MP meters subsequent data. So the definition should be purely in MP terms ("last export" being an EP term).
> What verb does the MP apply to a unit of information when it gives it to the EP?
I've been using "expire"
Regards, Benoit (as a contributor)
>
> A delta counter counts only observations made since the last Flow Record for a given Flow was measured.
>
> Or maybe we can sidestep the action completely:
>
> A delta counter counts only observations made since the previous Flow Record for a given Flow.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
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