Supported versions

Flow Monitor can receive and interpret data from NetFlow versions 1, 5, and 9, sFlow version 2 and 5, J-Flow (sampled NetFlow) and IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX).

System requirements

WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor has the same base system requirements as WhatsUp Gold. In addition, WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor requires:

• WhatsUp Gold Standard Edition, Premium Edition, MSP Edition, or Distributed Edition
• One or both of the following:
  • At least one routing device that supports NetFlow version versions 1, 5, and 9, sFlow version 2 and 5, J-flow (sampled NetFlow) or IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX).
  • A Flow Publisher monitoring a flow source.
• MS SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Edition (recommended)

  Note: WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor is more demanding on the database than WhatsUp Gold. While WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor can successfully use SQL Server 2005 Express, we recommend either MS SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise Edition or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Edition for best performance.

• 2 GHz dual-core processor (required) to quad-core processor (recommended)
• An additional 2 (required) to 4 GB RAM (recommended)
• 16 GB (required) to 22 GB (recommended) hard disk space for the databases

  Note: If using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the database size is limited by available hard disk space.