Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance (formerly Skylight performance analytics) offers the capability to retain varying levels of data granularity for different time periods.
Granularities
Incoming data is aggregated into pre-set intervals to improve query performance and support longer data retention. The following are the pre-set intervals:
- Raw or Full granularity as received from the data source
- 1 minute
- 15 minute
- 1 hour
- 1 day (only available for capture per packet intel data, not third-party or session PM data)
Default Retention Periods
Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Capture (formerly Skylight sensor: capture) produces performance data from packet analysis, and can have different data retention settings from the session performance data from other Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensors and third-party sources.
| Data Type | Production | Proof of Value / Trial |
|---|---|---|
| Capture flows | Full : 30 days 1 minute : 30 days 15 minutes : 90 days 1 hour : 1 year 24 hours : 4 years |
Full : 9 days 1 minute : 9 days 15 minutes : 9 days 1 hour : 36 days 24 hours : 144 days |
| Session / Third Party | 1 minute : 90 days 15 minutes : 180 days (upon request) 1 hour : 1 year (upon request) |
1 minute : 30 days |
Caveats
The above retention periods are:
- only applicable when hosted by Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance (formerly Accedian)
- subject to change at Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance's discretion
Retention periods can be adjusted to suit the customer's needs, but may be subject to additional fees.
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