Data retention period for NetFlow monitoring

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

Notes
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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