FlowmonCollector
Specification
MODELS LIST

Valid from June 1, 2024

Flowmon Collector
Flowmon Collector is a stand-alone appliance for collection, long-term storage and analysis offlow data (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, and other standards compatible with NetFlow) from flow enabled
devices (switches, routers), Flowmon Probes or other flow sources. All Flowmon Collector models
are equipped with Flowmon Monitoring Center (FMC) – a tool for flow collection, viewing andanalyzing, automatic reporting and more. Flowmon Monitoring Center provides complete visibility
into network traffic through dashboards, long-term graphs with various perspectives, Top N
statistics, user-defined profiles, possibility to drill-down to any communication and more. Flowmon
Collector’s functionality can be extended with Flowmon modules.
Flowmon Collector is available in the form of a hardware appliance of 1U or 2U rack unit size and as
a virtual appliance for deployment into virtual environments in VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS, Azure
or Google Cloud.

Hardware Appliance
Flowmon Collector is equipped with two copper 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet management ports
which can be used for appliance configuration, management and flow data collection. Managementports can be upgraded to 10 Gbps Ethernet ports by purchasing an upgrade package. The
upgrade package can be purchased only for new appliances (at the moment of purchase).
Flowmon Collector is also equipped with a remote control feature for remote monitoring of device
conditions. It offers command-line access, a web GUI and a virtual console. All hardware-basedmodels provide a dedicated network interface for remote control. For details, see the Flowmon –2© 2024 Progress. All Rights Reserved.

Pre-installation Manual document available at support.flowmon.com.
Flowmon Collector models differ in storage capacity, type of RAID, performance and dimensions ofthe server (1U/2U).

Virtual Appliance
Flowmon Collector in the form of a virtual appliance (VA) is designed for deployment into virtualand cloud environments (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and provides thesame functionality as a hardware-based Flowmon Collector. Flowmon Collector models differ inperformance and storage capacity.
Flowmon Collector VA supports up to two management ports which can be used for applianceconfiguration, management and flow data collection.
In addition, a Flowmon Collector VA supports up to two 1 Gbps Ethernet monitoring ports which
provide network traffic monitoring and flow data (NetFlow/IPFIX) production. Flowmon Collector
VA enables network traffic monitoring in a virtual environment without the necessity for otherappliances for flow data production.

Distributed Architecture
Distributed architecture (DA) provides high scalability and load balancing for large and demanding
environments with high volumes of flow data and a large number of flow sources. Flow data is
distributed among multiple units for profiles computation and other flow data processing. Moreunits can be simply added to increase both performance and storage capacity. Distributed
Architecture provides a central console for management and configuration of all units in remote
geographical locations as well as data aggregation and visualization in one place.
There are 3 types of units in DA: Master, Proxy and Slave units. Master and Proxy units arededicated hardware-based or virtual appliances. Slave Units are traditional Flowmon Collectors(hardware-based or virtual appliances).
Find out more about Distributed Architecture3© 2024 Progress. All Rights Reserved.

Hardware Appliances
1Performance (fps)
P/NModelPeak

2

Moderate
user 3experience

Best user �experience

Storage
CapacityRAID

Disk TypeCPURAMForm
Factor

5IFC-R1-1000

Flowmon Collector R1-1000

75,00040,00020,0001 TB

HW RAID1

2 x SATA Hot Swap

832 GB

1U

IFC-R1-2000

Flowmon Collector R1-2000

100,000

40,00020,0002 TB

HW RAID1

2 x SATA Hot Swap

832 GB

1U

IFC-R5-3000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-3000 Pro

150,000

80,00040,0003 TB

HW RAID5

4 x SATA Hot Swap

3264 GB

1UIFC-R10-4000PRO

Flowmon Collector R10-4000 Pro

250,000

120,000

60,0004 TB

HW RAID10

4 x SATA Hot Swap

32

64 GB

1U

IFC-R5-6000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-6000 Pro

150,000

80,00040,0006 TB

HW RAID5

4 x SATA Hot Swap

32

64 GB

1U

IFC-R5-12000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-12000 Pro

200,000

120,000

60,00012 TB

HW RAID5

4 x SATA Hot Swap

64

128 GB

1U

IFC-R10-16000PRO

Flowmon Collector R10-16000 Pro

300,000

160,000

80,00016 TB

HW RAID10

4 x SAS Hot Swap

64

128 GB

1U

IFC-R5-24000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-24000 Pro

200,000

120,000

60,00024 TB

HW RAID54 x SAS Hot Swap

64

128 GB

1U

IFC-R5-48000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-48000 Pro

250,000

120,000

60,00048 TB

HW RAID54 x SAS Hot Swap

80

128 GB

1U

IFC-R6-96000PRO

Flowmon Collector R6-96000 Pro

250,000

120,000

60,00096 TB

HW RAID6

8 x SAS Hot Swap

80

128 GB

2U

IFC-R6-192000PRO

Flowmon Collector R6-192000 Pro

250,000

120,000

60,000192 TBHW RAID6

12 x SAS Hot Swap

80

128 GB

2U

IFC-R5-2880SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-2880 SSD

400,000

200,000

100,000

2.88 TB SSD

HW RAID54 x SATA Hot Swap

80

256 GB

1UIFC-R5-5760SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-5760 SSD

400 000

200,000100,000

5.76 TB SSD

HW RAID54 x SAS Hot Swap

80

256 GB

1U

IFC-R5-11400SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-11400 SSD

400,000

200,000

100,000

11.4 TB SSD

HW RAID54 x SAS Hot Swap

80

256 GB

1UIFC-MU

Flowmon Collector – Master Unit---

5.76 TB SSD

HW RAID54 x SATA Hot Swap

32

64 GB

1UIFC-PU

Flowmon Collector – Proxy Unit

6 TB

HW RAID54 x SATA Hot Swap

32

64 GB

1U

300k / 700k / 1M

61Performance is measured in our test environment using average customer data. There are several factors that may affect your specific performance, such as enabled extensions and modules or the number ofconcurrently executed queries in FMC. While we do our best to represent the data as fairly and accurately as possible, your environment may experience different limits.

2

The maximum number of flows per second (fps) that a Flowmon Collector optimized for flow collection can process. In this setup, no optional features are enabled and no other modules are in use.

3

This setup represents a good balance between performance and user experience while using optional features or Flowmon modules.

4This setup ensures the best user-experience in complex network environments while using all features, or running multiple Flowmon modules.

5

Number of CPU cores, with Hyper Threading enabled.

6Proxy unit provides forwarding performance of more than 300k fps (flows per second) per appliance when 1GbE management ports are used. If you upgrade to 10GbE management ports forwarding performance is
1M fps per appliance, and 0.7M fps when just one physical port is used. Performance is measured in our test environment using flow size of 344bytes in average. Your environment may experience different limits.
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Hardware Appliances – Operating conditions
PSU

ModelDimensions(H x W x D) cm

Weight (kg)IFC-R1-1000

Flowmon Collector R1-1000

4.3 x 43.4 x 56.3

IFC-R1-2000

Flowmon Collector R1-2000

IFC-R5-3000PRO

P/N

Heat
Dissipation(max.)

PowerHot
Swap

CPUIdleCPUmax

13.1

600 W

no77 W

144 W

2250 BTU/h

4.3 x 43.4 x 56.3

13.1

600 W

no77 W

144 W

2250 BTU/h

Flowmon Collector R5-3000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.62 x 800 W

yes

158 W

358 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R10-4000PRO

Flowmon Collector R10-4000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

358 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R5-6000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-6000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

358 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R5-12000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-12000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

415 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R10-16000PRO

Flowmon Collector R10-16000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

415 W

3000 BTU/hIFC-R5-24000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-24000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

415 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R5-48000PRO

Flowmon Collector R5-48000 Pro

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

165 W

452 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R6-96000PRO

Flowmon Collector R6-96000 Pro

8.7 x 43.4 x 68.6

24.8

2 x 800 W

yes

212 W

514 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R6-192000PRO

Flowmon Collector R6-192000 Pro

8.7 x 43.4 x 73.6

36.1

2 x 1400 W

yes

262 W

611 W

5250 BTU/h

IFC-R5-2880SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-2880 SSD

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

144 W

452 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R5-5760SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-5760 SSD

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

166 W

454 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-R5-11400SSD

Flowmon Collector R5-11400 SSD

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

166 W

454 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-MU

Flowmon Collector – Master Unit

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.6

2 x 800 W

yes

158 W

358 W

3000 BTU/h

IFC-PU

Flowmon Collector – Proxy Unit

4.3 x 43.4 x 71.2

18.62 x 800 W

yes

158 W

358 W

3000 BTU/h2

Continuous Operation:

Expanded Operation :•Temperature: 10°C to 35°C•

Relative Humidity : 10% to 80% at 29°C

1Power Consumption•Temperature: 5°C to 40°C•

Relative Humidity : 5% to 85% at 29°C

1

1

The specified temperature is the maximum dew point temperature.

2

When operating in the expanded temperature range, system performance may be impacted. Device can work in this condition for up to 1% of annual operating hour5© 2024 Progress. All Rights Reserved.

Virtual Appliances
ModelPerformance1,2(fps)Storage 3Capacity

IFC-500-VA

Flowmon Collector 500 VA

up to 75,000

0.5 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 500 IOPS

IFC-1000-VA

Flowmon Collector 1000 VA

up to 75,000

1 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 500 IOPS

IFC-2000-VA

Flowmon Collector 2000 VA

up to 75,000

2 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 500 IOPS

IFC-3000-VA

Flowmon Collector 3000 VA

up to 150,000

3 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 1000 IOPS

IFC-6000-VA

Flowmon Collector 6000 VA

up to 150,000

6 TB

IFC-12000-VA

Flowmon Collector 12000 VA

up to 200,000

12 TBIFC-24000-VA

Flowmon Collector 24000 VA

up to 200,000

24 TB

8 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, 2000 IOPS

IFC-48000-VA

Flowmon Collector 48000 VA

up to 200,000

48 TB

8 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, 2000 IOPS

IFC-64000-VA

Flowmon Collector 64000 VA

up to 200,000

64 TB

8 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, 2000 IOPSIFC-VA-MU

Flowmon Collector VA – Master Unit

–

6 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 1000 IOPSIFC-VA-PU

Flowmon Collector VA – Proxy Unit

–6 TB

4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 1000 IOPS

P/N

1VMware ESXi

5.5 and higher

Windows Hyper-V

2012 R2 and higher

KVM

KVM 3.10.0 and higher
QEMU 1.5.3 and higher
libvirt 4.5.0 and higher

Minimum Configuration

34 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 1000 IOPS
8 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, 2000 IOPS

The maximal measured performance in flows per second (fps).

2Performance is measured in our test environment using average customer data. In virtual environments, the performance depends on allocated resources, overall system load, and environment of deployment. There
are several other factors that may affect your specific performance, such as enabled extensions and modules or the number of concurrently executed queries in FMC. While we do our best to represent the data as fairly
and accurately as possible, your environment may experience different limits. Maximal performance can be achieved by allocating a sufficient amount of dedicated hardware resources, see Hardware Appliances forreference.
3

Some configuration options, such as supported disk size, may be limited by the customer’s virtual environment regardless of which Flowmon Collector model has been selected. Any such limitations should be consulted
with the vendor/distributor of the virtual environment.

4The Flowmon Collector VA must be running on a host system that supports the following instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, CX16, SAHF and FXSR. For Intel CPUs, it corresponds
to Intel Core 2 family and newer.

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