: determining, based on analysis of the flow statistics, that the first flow to which a packet belongs is a highly active flow; and creating the new flow table for processing the highly active flow that only includes flow entries for processing the highly active flow. 0. The method of claim 0, further comprising: determining, based on the flow statistics for the first flow, that the traffic usage of the first flow falls below the pre-defined threshold; and in response to determining that the traffic usage of the first flow falls below the pre-defined threshold, programming the second switch to merge a flow entry for the first flow in the new flow table into another flow table. 0. 