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FlowmonCollector
Flowmon Collector is a network monitoring appliance that captures, stores and processes flow data, including normalization, visualization and analysis. The network andapplication telemetry is displayed on a highly customizable dashboard, turning thenetwork into a transparent environment by providing statistics, visualization and drilldown options for effective troubleshooting and capacity planning.

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Flowmon Collector
Provides visibility, NPMD,troubleshooting, end user
experience monitoring andcapacity planning.

Is well-suited for hybrid
environments, uniting
heterogeneous environments
together.

Supports a multitude of NetFlow/
IPFIX formats. Its unmatched
flexibility and compatibility allow
it to leverage existing routers,
switches, firewalls or dedicated
Flowmon Probes.

Is deployable in several cloudenvironments including AWS,
Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Is available as both hardware anda virtual appliance.

Can serve as a flow proxy for
aggregating, formatting andforwarding statistics to big data,
security and other analyticalplatforms.

FLOWMON COLLECTORKey Features
A Holistic Approach to Network
Monitoring

Compatibility
Flowmon Collector can process

Though red/green server status may
be sufficient for availability monitoring, Flowmon’s market-leading
NPMD solution will give clear insightfor user experience monitoring, trou-

data in all standard formats suchas NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow orNetStream. It supports data exported
from any device, allowing for smooth
integration into any network.

bleshooting and capacity planning.

Hybrid Environment-ReadyVersatility

Native cloud traffic mirroring com-

Flowmon Collector can serve as

bined with the ability to process

a tool for network data analysis,and normalize heterogeneous data

allowing the user to see the “big pic-from multiple sources, the Collectorture”. It can also be used as a proxy

provides a uniform level of transpar-

to forward the data to security orency throughout the public cloud,analytical platforms, or it can serve

on-premise or hybrid environments.

as a comprehensive and reliable datastorage. The Collector simply adapts
to the user’s needs.

Scalability
Small businesses or global networks
with distributed architecture - Flowmon Collector can serve as a central
point of network data storage andanalysis with unlimited scalability.
Add more Collectors or Flowmon

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Probes for larger networks and getcomplete, cost-effective coverage.

Performance
The Collector has the highest performance in flows/s per appliance on
the market. Its database system isbuilt for fast data processing and it
has enough space to store the resulting amounts of data.

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Features

Predefined Views and Reports

Hard Evidence

Flowmon comes with configuration

The solution creates a shared informa-

templates for out-of-the-box func-tion space for all IT departments, so thattionality. In only a few clicks, thethey may collaborate, pool expertisesystem automatically creates dash-together and make informed decisions

boards and reports for the user.

without delay.

Transparent Network

Optimization

Hybrid and cloud traffic is monitored

Drilldown data is always available atand visualized in near-real time, andhand, facilitating rapid analysis and iden-presented in a single consolidated

tification of issues and bottlenecks. Theview as easy-to-read charts anddata is neither sampled nor aggregatedgraphs.

for the level of detail needed.

Reduced MTTR

Customization

Network administrators can perform
troubleshooting and ticket resolution

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with far greater speed. Resolve up to95% operational network issues fromthe same dashboard.

Data can be exported using the user’s
choice of tool. Widgets can be configured to show precisely what needs to beseen. No clutter, just clear data.

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Compatibility & Network Telemetry
Flowmon Collector is able to process flow data from a variety of different network
devices - routers, switches, firewalls, packet brokers or dedicated Flowmon Probes. In
this way, it maximizes prior investments into the network infrastructure.
Configuration of flow sources is simple - the Collector performs it automatically. For
instance, when a router is configured to export flow data, the Collector recognizes
it as a new source, contacts it using SNMP, retrieves information and configures thesystem accordingly.
Apart from data from Flowmon Probes as well as all the other supported formats[link to NetFlow/IPFIX page] the Collector supports IPFIX extensions and proprietary
formats from other vendors as well:– Cisco (AVC, HTTP)– Gigamon (HTTP, DNS, SSL, RADIUS)– IXIA (HTTP)– VMware NSX (rule ID, vmUUID, vncIndex)– OneAccess (HTTP)– VMware VDS– AWS FlowLogs– And more - the list is growing constantly

Supported environments
Flowmon Collector is delivered as a cloud application available in AWS, Azure and
Google Cloud, as a virtual appliance for use in virtualized environments or as a hardware device with a wide range of configuration choices (flows per second, storage
capacity, RAID type).

In-built analytics - Monitoring Center
Flowmon’s Monitoring Center is the software natively installed on Collector. This powerful tool analyzes the collected data and provides well-arranged results within a smart

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In-built probe
Flowmon Probe is an in-built functionality of the Collector as a virtual appliancethat analyses packets and extracts the most useful information from L2, L3-L4 andL7 layers even within encapsulated traffic. It then generates IPFIX records, which are
NetFlow enriched with additional data such as network performance metrics, hostnames, URLs, SSL/TLS encryption data and much more. This allows scaling network
analytics across the entire IT environment while keeping a granular level of detail fortroubleshooting and forensics.

Extra standalone Probes can be added in large networks for complete coverage.

Data storage
Data can be stored for months or even years, depending on what capacity the user
chooses - from 0.5TB to 192TB per appliance. The Collector does not aggregate or
sample data – it keeps it all available for as long as specified in disk quotas for auditingor post-compromise purposes. Data can also be exported to network storage and thenrestored whenever needed.
Unlike full packet capture, flow data does not contain the content of the communication,
which results in a significant size reduction of up to 500:1 in the case of NetFlow and
250:1 in IPFIX, consuming a mere 0.2 % and 0.4 % of bandwidth respectively. In this way,a much longer history, reserving full packet analysis only for when it is really needed.

Distributed architecture
Flowmon can be easily scaled by adding Collectors as needed to cover very large
networks distributed over multiple distant locations. The central node, called MasterUnit, will serve as a main console and storage point, and data from all branches will
be seamlessly integrated and presented within one dashboard for perfect visibility.
All the configuration and updating of the entire architecture, as well as its individual

FLOWMONnodes, is performed from the central Collector.

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