NetFlow records are traditionally exported using User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and collected using a NetFlow collector. The IP address of the NetFlow collector and the destination UDP port must be configured on the sending router. … A single UDP packet loss can cause a huge impact on the statistics of some flows.

What is a collector in networking?

Collectors are the network elements that provide data in order to profile endpoints.

What is NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

SolarWinds® NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) allows you to capture data from continuous streams of network traffic, and convert those raw numbers into easy-to-interpret charts and tables that quantify exactly how the corporate network is being used, by whom, and for what purpose.