Method and system for management of sampled traffic data

A system for management of sampled traffic data, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having machine-readable instructions that when executed are to cause the processor to:
• for each network device of a plurality of network devices associated with a sampler proxy, determine at least one data source associated with the network device, wherein each of the data sources is assigned a respective local identifier;
• receive, by the sampler proxy, a global sampling configuration from a data collector in the local network, the global sampling configuration including a selected data source associated with a network device of the plurality of network devices, wherein the selected data source is identified by a global identifier of the selected data source;
• translate the global sampling configuration to a local sampling configuration;
• and
• provide the local sampling configuration to the selected data source.

A method for management of sampled traffic data in a network, the network comprising a local network and a remote network, the method comprising:

• for each network device of a plurality of network devices of the remote network associated with a sampler proxy, determining at least one data source associated with the network device, wherein each of the data sources is identified by a device unique identifier identifying the network device, a local identifier identifying each data source within the network device, and a global identifier that is unique across the data sources;
• receiving, by the sampler proxy, a global sampling configuration for a selected data source from a data collector of the local network, wherein the global sampling configuration includes a selected data source of a network device of the plurality of network devices, wherein the selected data source is identified in the global sampling configuration by the global identifier of the selected data source;
• translating, by the sampler proxy, the global sampling configuration to a local sampling configuration by mapping the global identifier of the selected data source in the global sampling configuration to the corresponding the device unique identifier and the local identifier to determine a network address of the selected data source;
• and
• transmitting, by the sampler proxy, the local sampling configuration to the selected data source.