№2, 2016

ABOUT THE METHODS OF COLLECTING, STORING AND ANALYZING BIG NETWORK TRAFFIC

Ramiz H. Shikhaliyev

Collecting and storing network traffic of computer networks (CNs) is one of the major stages of the monitoring process. However, collecting and maintaining full network traffic in the modern CNs is a very complex problem. With rising speed and scale of the CNs and network traffic size, petabytes of storage might be needed for a day. There are various methods for network data collecting and storing. Their correct choice can significantly reduce collected data size and, respectively, the required storage size. The article examines the issues of network data collection and storage with the use of Big Data technology (рр.48-52).

Keywords: computer network, monitoring, network traffic, network traffic collection, network traffic storage, analysis of network traffic, Big Data technology
DOI : 10.25045/jpit.v07.i2.06
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