On 24/01/2011 3:59 a.m., Craig Weinhold wrote:
Check out
http://www.switch.ch/network/projects/completed/TF-NGN/floma/software.html for
the definitive list of what's out there.
Ta.
If you're developing on your own, nfdump/nfsen is probably the way to go.
flow-tools would work fine, but its lack of IPv6 sort of kills its future
prospects.
Ya, I was looking over that nfdump stuff. Does seem to be interesting.
Do they have a mailing list? I tried emailing the maintainer but didn't
get a response.
No v6 is a deal breaker.
Putting flows in SQL is certainly doable (especially on a home network), but be
forewarned that network flows aren't as simple as you'd like them to be and the
sheer volume of indexing all that data is significant. That's why most packages
rely on an aggregate data store like rrd for fast min/max/avg histories, and
then keep a month or so of raw flow files for running detailed reports against.
ta. yes, load is an issue... I'm working on a proof of concept. The
'home thing' really was just a use case to demonstrate an idea.
http://home.bowenvale.co.nz/wp/concept.jpg gives a better idea of what
I'm thinking.
I live in a really poor run down suburb, the "dream" is to pump a few
more 1's and 0's in and see if we can make some plants grow.
But at this stage I'm just trying to keep away from dreams and focus on
something a little more realistic which isn't easy when everyone seems
to be using really expensive kit for this sort of stuff.
I'm more of an 'open source concept network builder' kinda guy.
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