Cisco Custom Data Retention for Flows | Cloud Licensing, Quote-Based — SKY-CLDHOST-F-A

Keep flow records available for the time your organization actually needs. Cisco Custom Data Retention for Flows is a quote-based licensing item for environments where standard retention windows do not fit compliance, forensic, or operational reporting requirements. This is the kind of purchase that matters when retention policy is part of the architecture. Security teams, network operations, and audit stakeholders often need flow data preserved beyond default limits to support incident review, capacity analysis, or regulatory obligations. A custom retention arrangement gives procurement and technical teams a way to align storage policy with business requirements. Because this item is requested through a customer quote from the business unit, it is designed for tailored commercial terms rather than off-the-shelf packaging. That makes it a better fit for organizations with specific data governance rules, longer retention horizons, or centralized analytics workflows that depend on historical flow visibility. Ideal For Meeting regulatory retention requirements for network flow records Preserving historical flow data for incident response and forensics Supporting long-range capacity planning with extended telemetry history Documenting custom retention terms for enterprise procurement approval Why This Product 1 More flexible than fixed retention packages 2 Better suited to compliance-driven storage policies 3 Tailored commercial terms instead of standard licensing 4 Focused on flow history preservation, not general cloud storage