This case study is about how a distributed network consisting of 14 collectors and 600 interfaces had bandwidth monitoring problems and how NetFlow Analyzer helped solve the problems.

1. Leading Manufacturer of power train
components uses NetFlow Analyzer for
monitoring 600 interfaces
Reference Customer Implementation

2. About the Company
21,000 employees
35 manufacturing units
14 countries – Asia, Europe, North & South America
$42 Million revenue
Manufactures aluminum powertrain components
(cylinder heads, engine blocks and transmission parts for
light vehicles etc.)

3. Challenges
• Global network – Highly
distributed & no visibility into
network usage
• Need to monitor different
device groups
• Monitoring the different sites
individually from 1 console
• Barracuda networks and IPFIX
exports

4. Customer’s network info
No. of routers – 33
No. of interfaces – 600
No. of collectors - 14
Device type – Barracuda
Flow export - IPFIX

5. Implementation
Router 1 Router 2
Router 3 Router 4
Collector A
Central Server
Site 1
Router 2Router 1
Router 3 Router 4
Collector B
Site 2
Router 1 Router 2
Router 3 Router 4
Site 3
Router 2Router 1
Router 3 Router 4
Site 17
Collector C
Collector N

6. NetFlow Analyzer’s abilities
• Device Grouping
Very useful to monitor multiple networks as a
single entity
• Barracuda networks
One of the very few vendors that support
Barracuda networks

7. Device group list
(As used by the customer)

8. How NetFlow Analyzer helped
• Device grouping & monitoring specific set of devices
• Monitoring across multiple locations
• Collector-specific dashboards
• Real-time view of highly distributed network
• 14 IP groups

9. Business Benefits
• Real-time monitoring of 600 interfaces across 17
collectors
• Smooth provisioning of enough bandwidth for
20,000 employees
• Single console view of multiple device groups that
are highly distributed
• 14 different IP groups(departments)

10. Thank you
saisundhar.p@zohocorp.com