

Both SNMP and NetFlow can be used for increasing network visibility and for monitoring, but NetFlow works best for businesses that only deal with IP traffic. One of the biggest disadvantages of NetFlow is that it is limited to IP traffic. What are the differences between NetFlow and SNMP? Watch this video NetFlow can also be used to control network resources by giving higher priority to specific types of data and protocols used by your network. It uses QoS (Quality of Service) functions to optimize resource usage and minimize latency and packet loss.

NetFlow allows devices to analyze IP traffic and how it affects network availability and performance.

To configure thresholds and alerts that can ensure rapid responses to business-impacting bottlenecks and security issues.

Additionally, WhatsUp Gold’s real-time alerting features can be leveraged Flow data from multiple devices can also be grouped as per their business functions, thereby generating business-oriented reports. Top Applications, Top Senders and the likes. The information is provided in comprehensive reports – as Top Protocols, WhatsUp Gold then analyzes the raw data, and provides pertinent insights into traffic identification/analysis, trends identification and QoS verification. Using SNMP, WhatsUp Gold can automatically identify Cisco NetFlow-enabled devices, and can automatically configure the device to send NetFlow Network behavior analysis, security issues, performance and application monitoring and bandwidth consumption. WhatsUp Gold makes extensive use of raw NetFlow data to provide insights into traffic patterns,
