> On Oct 6, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Yagyesh Srivastava <ysri...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Really appreciate your response.
> I was going through the sflow mechanism, i think we can use sflow to achieve 
> this. Since all kinds of data transfer are primarily done at.line rate on 
> sflow, with very little overhead and it can analyse traffic from L2 to L7.
> Should be a good choice, no?
As I understand it, sFlow is typically used to sample packets, but you probably 
want to see the first few packets of every new flow.  If statistically sampling 
packets is enough and you don't mind possibly late-setting the priority, then 
it sounds like it may fit the bill for you.

--Justin



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