Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:35:07 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST/REVIEW] Netflow implementation Message-ID: <20040909193507.GA12168@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <41409CB5.836DE816@freebsd.org> References: <20040905121111.GA78276@cell.sick.ru> <4140834C.3000306@freebsd.org> <20040909171018.GA11540@cell.sick.ru> <414093DE.A6DC6E67@freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0409091743120.51837@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <41409CB5.836DE816@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:11:01PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote: A> What is the point of Netflow accounting? (And I do run an ISP.) A> Is it to get overall AS to/from AS traffic statistics? Then Netflow A> is not very good for that. Do you really need information on every A> flow? Are you going to report to the customer he had 4575 TCP flows A> at $0.03 each at the end of the month? it is already offtopic, but... Here in Russia (and other C.I.S. countries) there are different classes of traffic, so at the end of the month you have to report to your customer that he has X Gb of free traffic, Y Gb of cheap traffic and Z Gb of expensive. And he may request a detalization. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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