Flow rate license consumption even with UDP director

[Madura Malwatte]

If we have a UDP director replicating flows to two flow collectors, it would still mean 2x flow rate licenses are consumed right? Since this is flow rate is determined by flows received on the flow collectors. So really, there is no difference having a udp director or not in terms of flow rate licensing?

[Philipp Tannich]

Hi Madura,

You're correct. The licensing is based on the flows per second, received by any Flow Collector.

May I ask what use case you're covering with your UDPD? Maybe a Cisco Telemetry Broker might fit that better? You can find all information about CTB here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/telemetry-broker/index.html

And if you're interested, just reach out to your AM to get you on a demo!

Cheers