I know it's common to export Netflow graphs for billing purposes, however at my current company we use SNMP data gathered from our distribution switches for billing/monitoring purposes. If for some reason you encounter difficulty getting a NetFlow substitute working, or don't want to tack extra packages onto the OFR this might be a decent solution.
Just my two cents, Nick On Nov 7, 2007 12:02 PM, Robert Bays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dominic, > > You might want to take a look at the NetraMet package by CAIDA. It > should be fairly easy to compile it and add it to an installed Vyatta > router. http://www.caida.org/tools/measurement/netramet/dist.xml > > Another visualization tool that might help is flowscan. I don't know if > it is compatible with fprobe or not but it's worth a look. See > http://www.caida.org/tools/utilities/flowscan/ > > Cheers, > Robert. > > Dominic Williams wrote: > > Many thanks for your response. > > > > What we need to generate is a traffic graph for each IP that we serve i.e. > > At 4.20.00pm some IP was using 7Mbps, at 4.20.15pm it was using 5.2Mbps, at > > 4.20.30 it was using 6.3Mbps and so on. > > > > We need this data is used to understand how sites (which run on IPs) behave > > and also to provision overall bandwidth and pass bandwidth costs to clients. > > > > Is this possible and for example, is anyone doing 95th percentile billing > > using a Vyatta router? > > > > Best, Dominic > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Holtz,Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Dominic Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> > > Sent: 07/11/07 16:27 > > Subject: RE: [Vyatta-users] Want to use Vyatta for our main BGP router - > > butwhat about traffic tracking? > > > > You can collect SNMP interface performance data anywhere along the path to > > the outside world, not just the router. There's quite a bit of flexibility. > > > > Examples: > > The Web Server itself > > Load Balancer, if you have a bunch of web servers > > Ethernet Switch(s) > > Router > > Etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including > > attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately > > notify us and delete it and any attachments. If you no longer wish to > > receive e-mail from Edward Jones, please send this request to [EMAIL > > PROTECTED] You must include the e-mail address that you wish not to > > receive e-mail communications. For important additional information > > related to this e-mail, visit www.edwardjones.com/US_email_disclosure > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dominic > > Williams > > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:07 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Vyatta-users] Want to use Vyatta for our main BGP router - > > butwhat about traffic tracking? > > > > Hello all, > > > > My company is very keen to try a Vyatta solution, as we are about to move > > our hosting rack to a BGP solution and a 7204VXR with 1GB seems > > inordinately expensive!! > > > > But... we need to be able to monitor and track bandwidth to each individual > > IP address that we serve. > > > > This is a crucial requirement, as it is for many people involved in Web > > hosting. > > > > At the moment we just use Netflow exports from our Cisco router in > > conjunction with some tracking software... I know that Vyatta doesn't > > support Neflow, but somebody indicated on this list that you can get at > > these stats using SNMP. > > > > Is this really the case? Can you get at traffic flows for individual IPs > > that are being served through the router? > > > > -- I was under the impression SNMP was just of use for monitoring the > > status of a particular device / interface etc?? > > > > Many thanks for any advice you can give. > > > > Best, Dominic > > > > Dominic Williams > > www.System7.com > > www.Wyki.com > > > > Better Digital Publishing > > Email > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Direct > > > > +44 (0) 203 0519110 ext. 8010 > > > Mobile > > > > +44 (0) 7710 469456 > > Fax > > > > +44 (0) 8700 607555 > > > > Terms: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which > > may be legally privileged. It is intended for the recipient only. If an > > addressing error or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please > > notify the sender immediately or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are not > > the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print > > or rely on this e-mail. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Vyatta-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > > _______________________________________________ > > Vyatta-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
