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Re: Flow Based Routing/Switching (Was: "Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot))
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () cisco com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:28:04 +0700
On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote:
The flows are in those boxes, but only for stats purposes exported with NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow/etc. Apparently it was not as fast as they liked it to be
This is essentially correct. NetFlow was originally intended as a switching mechanism, but then it became apparent that the value of the information in the cache and the ability to export it as telemetry were of more value, as there were other, more efficient methods of moving the packets around.
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