A network bandwidth monitoring tool catering to varied needs of the small, medium and large enterprises requires different architecture. Different strokes for different folks!
During many of the recent analyst briefings, I’ve found myself having to answer this one particular question, which was “you have two different editions – Professional and Enterprise, catering to two different markets, SMBs and large enterprises, respectively. Do you have separate architecture for the two editions or do you give the same architecture for both?”
And that question, as always, makes me real happy. Because the answer is the one that the analysts and the product evaluators want to hear. Here is the answer:
“We understand that different organizations require different solutions and the SIZE DOES MATTER. That is why we have two different architecture for the two editions. Large enterprises are usually branched out in various locations, have higher flow rates and their NetFlow data is exported through the cloud. In contrast, the small & medium businesses do not have many branch offices, have lesser interfaces to monitor and lesser flow rates. With such a huge difference in business requirements, it is obvious that a single solution cannot be suited for both. Hence, it is necessary for the NetFlow Analyzer to adapt to such a need, and adapt, we did!
Enterprise Edition was developed strictly for large enterprises and following are the list of Enterprise level special features:
- Distributed architecture – Collectors at branch office and the Central server for unified central view
- Highly scalable – up to 20, 000 interfaces can be monitored, with 100, 000 flows per second
- HTTPS connection between the collectors and the central server
- Failover– Seamless reporting
- Localized Timezone – Ability to view the reports / graphs according to user timezone
All the feature of Enterprise edition can be viewed here.
Professional Edition, on the other hand, strictly caters to businesses monitoring less than 600 interfaces and do not have branch offices. The collectors and central server functionality are managed by the single server, due to lesser number of flows. All the features of professional edition can be viewed here.
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Cheers
Joe
