Re: Internet usage for customers spanning data centers

Seth Mattinen <sethm-z7IltzP/[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:34:29 -0700
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On 6/13/11 10:20 AM, Rick Kunkel wrote:
> 
> Ya know, I've somehow never employed Netflow, at least in terms of a
> flow collector and all that.  I have it enabled on interfaces and do a
> 'show ip cache flow', but haven't gone beyond that...  Does it work
> really well for bandwidth accounting?
> 

It depends on your equipment. For example, if you're using netflow on a
Cisco 6500 there are many well-known issues (see cisco-nsp archives)
that can make it entirely unsuitable for billing purposes.

~Seth
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