Amar,

Open vSwitch includes sFlow / NetFlow instrumentation. Using flow data to drive 
your quota controller reduces the complexity of the OpenFlow rules since you no 
longer need granular rules to provide the traffic measurements. 

The following article describes building a quota controller using sFlow:

http://blog.sflow.com/2017/09/real-time-visibility-and-control-of.html

Peter

> On Nov 6, 2017, at 7:21 AM, Amar Padmanabhan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> What is the best way to model quota through ovs? Right now the best thing we 
> could come up with is to periodically poll a flow stat and install a drop 
> flow when the flow stat goes past the quota.
> Thanks
> - Amar
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