1.1 BWM Tools Features

This section lists a few features which make BWM Tools a good solution for small to large enterprises...

• Traffic Shaping
  • Hierarchical flows Allows you to embed flows within flows to form complex traffic shaping rules.
    
  • Parent burst thresholds Parent burst thresholds allow child flows to burst until their parent flow has reached a specific utilization threshold.
  
  
• Graphing
  • RRD Tool file support Generation of rrdtool files which can be used to create custom graphs.
    
  • Builtin RRD Tool graphing support BWM Tools can generate pretty looking graphs all by itself. Parameters for graphing are discussed in the Graphing section.
  
  
• Logging
  • Logging of traffic BWM Tools logs can log traffic stats to file at pre-defined intervals for use in reporting or graphing.