Data retention period for NetFlow monitoring
The following table provides an overview of the retention period for NetFlow monitoring data stored in Site24x7.
| Attribute | Data Type | Retention Period |
Device Traffic & Interfaces In/Out Traffic Data | 5min Average Hourly Average Daily Average | 30 days 1 year 5 years |
Application Data | 10min Average Hourly Average Daily Average Weekly Average | 6 hours 1 day 4 weeks 1 year |
Conversation Data (Source, Destination, QoS) | 10min Average Hourly Average Daily Average Weekly Average | 2 hours 12 hours 2 weeks 1 year |
Site24x7 collects the top 100 conversations during each data collection cycle and retains only the top 300 entries after each aggregation.
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