Chapter 4

Accessing Data from Network Components

This chapter dives deep into data. It explores the methods available for extracting data from network devices and then examines the types of data used in analytics. In this chapter you can use your knowledge of planes from Chapter 3, “Understanding Networking Data Sources,” to decode the proper plane of operation as it relates to your environment. The chapter closes with a short section about transport methods for bringing that data to a central location for analysis.

Methods of Networking Data Access

This book does not spend much time on building the “big data engine” of the analytics process, but you do need to feed it gas and keep it oiled—with data—so that it can drive your analytics solutions. ...

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