METHOD FOR SUMMARIZING FLOW INFORMATION FROM NETWORK DEVICES

A method for aggregating network flow information within a relational database relates to by maximizing concurrency between insertion and analysis of database records. In particular, data is generally stored according to the network devices associated with the flow records. Then, the flow records for the separate devices may be aggregated at certain time intervals and separately organized. In this way, contention is decreased as analysis can occur on the aggregated flow records, while new flow records are stored. In another embodiment, the aggregated data can be reaggregated again at a second, larger time interval.