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and deployment. ISP peering decisions are an example of where sampling
information is useful. For example, ISP1 can use sampling to analyze the traffic
received on its link from ISP2 in order to determine how much of the traffic on the
link originated from a third ISP, ISP3. If the volume of traffic from ISP3 is high
enough, then a direct peering link to ISP3 may be justified to improve efficiency
and response time. ISP2 might be interested in the same information for its own
business reasons.
Additionally, sampling with Internet Processor II enables providers to determine
what kind of traffic is going across their network so as to know the popular
applications and to gather traffic profile information for future performance testing
of devices.
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