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Fascinating Facts from Kentik

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That’s how much flow data is ingested by Kentik Data Engine (KDE), the distributed big data backend that powers Kentik Detect®. It’s also just one of the many interesting statistics that we run across as we operate our SaaS platform for network traffic analytics. Network Devices: Which Brands are Trending?

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Monitoring DNS with Kentik Detect

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No matter how well your network is routing IP traffic, the network is essentially down without DNS to resolve hostnames like www.google.com to their underlying IP addresses. As with any critical component, network operations needs to be able to continuously monitor DNS performance and to respond quickly to any issues that may arise.

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NetFlow, sFlow, and Flow Extensibility, Part 2

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Also, to cut down on CPU and network bandwidth, flows are usually only “exported” on average every 10 seconds to a few minutes. sFlow, on the other hand, is based on interface counters and flow samples created by the network management software of each router or switch. We don’t know; the market will ultimately decide.