What is a difference between SNMP and NetFlow?
- Unlike NetFlow, SNMP uses a "push"-based model.
- NetFlow collects more detailed traffic statistics on IP networks than SNMP does.
- SNMP only gathers traffic statistics, whereas NetFlow can also collect many other performance indicators, such as interface errors and CPU usage.
- Unlike NetFlow, SNMP may be used to provide IP accounting for billing purposes.
Explanation: NetFlow provides data to enable network and security monitoring, network planning, and IP accounting for billing purposes. In contrast to SNMP, NetFlow uses a "push"-based model. The collector will simply be listening for NetFlow traffic, and the networking devices will be in charge of sending NetFlow data to the collector, based on changes in the flow cache of the devices. Another difference between NetFlow and SNMP is that NetFlow only gathers traffic statistics, whereas SNMP can collect many other performance indicators, such as interface errors and CPU usage.
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