On Thu 10 May 2007, satish patel wrote: > Dear guys > > I have installed pmacct package in suse 10.x now i > want to collect count from cisco core switch 6500 but i have to start > netflow in cisco interface but some network ppl told me netflow will eat > CPU usage so is it right ??? i dont want any performance issue so please > anyone explain me which method is best to collect data without compromise > performance SNMP or NETFLOW ???
Both SNMP polling and Netflow exporting affect performance on ciscos. Netflow affects performance more because it is providing more detailed information. If you NEED this info for billing purposes, then you don't have much choice.. Cheers -- Peter Nixon http://www.peternixon.net/ PGP Key: http://www.peternixon.net/public.asc _______________________________________________ pmacct-discussion mailing list http://www.pmacct.net/#mailinglists
