Data center network monitoring framework
Daniel Sedlák, Michal Polak, Jan Fesl, Pavel Tvrdı́k · 2024
A key responsibility for Data center (DC) operators is monitoring, which involves analyzing logs, aggregating traffic statistics, and assessing hardware utilization. Monitoring is vital for troubleshooting and predicting traffic patterns. This paper introduces a new highly scalable, easy configurable framework for utilizing sFlow technology to collect and process network statistics of DC network communication, like connection durations, detection of traffic anomalies, etc. We tested the proposed framework in production, thanks to a partnership with a privately owned DC that provides Infrastructure as a Service worldwide.