Organizations can use flow optimizer to proactively help increase network efficiency, improve resource utilization, mitigate network attacks, and significantly reduce network congestion. The Flow Optimizer is an easily deploy able open Software-defined networking application that detects and manages large Layer 2 through Layer 4 traffic flows in service provider and enterprise networks. As organizations continue their digital transformation, the underlying network becomes increasingly critical for supporting end user applications and services. With this increasing reliance on network infrastructure to support growth of complex and dynamic IT workloads, network traffic management, service complexity, and security become more taxing. Network managers face network performance and reliability challenges, including security-related attacks and breaches, resulting in service disruptions that can occur at any moment.