Sure --- I use around 25M just on my home network.

Apr 26 12:18:16 tigger devel[5072]:   MEMORY: ipTrafficMatrix base (no
TrafficEntry) for interface 'eth1' is  4.05MB
Apr 26 12:18:17 tigger devel[5072]:   MEMORY: ipTrafficMatrix base (no
TrafficEntry) for interface 'eth2' is  4.05MB
Apr 26 12:18:18 tigger devel[5073]:   MEMORY: Base memory load is 12.55MB
(4186112+8966144)
Apr 26 12:18:18 tigger devel[5073]:   MEMORY: Base interface structure (no
hashes loaded) is 0.28MB each
Apr 26 12:18:18 tigger devel[5073]:   MEMORY:     or 0.55MB for 2 interfaces
Apr 26 12:18:18 tigger devel[5073]:   MEMORY: ipTraffixMatrix structure (no
TrafficEntry loaded) is 8.01MB

-----Burton

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Ola Lundqvist
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ntop-dev] Debian bugs.

Hello

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 07:29:30AM -0500, Burton Strauss wrote:
> WRT to memory usage, look at docs/FAQ.  But basic answer is LOTS.  
> ntop creates a HostTraffic structure for every host it sees - this runs
4-12K+.
> The hosts you see are controlled by external forces, not ntop.  You 
> can use various switches, e.g. --track-local, and filters to control 
> what is stored, but it's dependent upon users... If you have somebody 
> running port scans against a /8, well, you could get hit with 16M of
hosts...

Then I assume that 200-300 MB is not too much for a bigger network, or?

Regards,

// Ola

> -----Burton
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Ola Lundqvist
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:10 AM
> To: [email protected]; Burton Strauss
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Ntop-dev] Debian bugs.
> 
> <snip />
> 
> > 
> > #288006: ntop leaks memory
> > Package: ntop; Reported by: Jerome Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > 114 days old.
> > 
> > Response: See (2)
> 
> How much memory can you expect ntop to use on a high traffic network?
> It is good for me to know what is a valid range. It will be retested 
> on
> 3.1 as far as I get it working.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> // Ola
> 
> <snip />
> 
> 

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