XFlow™ Reporting

XFlow is the name of XRoads Networks' built-in packet analyzer. This technology collects usage statistics on a per user / per application basis which allows the EdgeXOS appliance to produce a number of reports, including top users and top applications.

Packet Collection

The XFlow (XRoads Flow Collector) module examines each packet going through the EdgeXOS appliance. Packets are examined for their source/destination address/port, protocol, size, and session information. All of this information is then captured in statistical format and summarized for reporting purposes. The reports are dynamically created and are generated using a 3D graphics engine.

Typically customers will use these reports to identify top network users and applications and then create bandwidth prioritization and shaping rules in order to meet their organizations usage requirements, i.e. placing rate-limits on certain applications and/or end-users or prioritizing certain application servers.

Packet Streaming

One of extra features of the XFlow technology is the ability to output the packet data collected to an external collection server. This information can then be saved on a large drive array for future reporting purposes. The data is dumped via the OpenSource standard 'sFlow'.