In our context (and in the limited scope of which I was speaking, looking for 
sudden spikes in BW consumption) yes user=IP.

I'll look at writing a Lua script. Thanks for the direction.

Cheers,

Toby

On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Luca Deri <[email protected]> wrote:

> Toby
> is the equation user=IP valid?
> 
> The simple solution to your question is to write a small Lua script that 
> looks at the saved RRDs and computes the top X over the last Y 
> hours/days/weeks. The recent past is in memory instead so sorting hosts per 
> data moved should be enough
> 
> Regards Luca
> 
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Toby Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> What is the best way to find a sudden high-bandwidth user?
>> 
>> In our environment, if NTOP has run for several days, our servers will be 
>> the top bandwidth consumers by far (if you go to the Host List) but what is 
>> the best way to find, for example, one user whose usage in the last hour has 
>> exceeded everything else?
>> 
>> Basically, is there a way to get a bandwidth report for the last 5 minutes 
>> or 2 hours, looking for top senders and top receivers, etc.?
>> 
>> Thanks &
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Toby
>> 
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