Should be ok, it's not real CPU heavy, but depending on the traffic, it's memory intensive, I've got 1GB and it runs out (once it's into swap the machine is lost in space), I'm using the netflow collector with multiple cisco gateways though, I have a lot of traffic.
Regards MIKE On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 08:02, Burton Strauss wrote: > Read the back traffic - we've frequently discussed processor issues. > > You need enought ram to hold the ntop tables - using swap space will hurt >performance badly because of the steady flow of traffic into an ntop collector. > > You need enough processor to keep up with the traffic analysis, but it's actually a >fairly light load -- I run a home (4-5 machine) network on a 1.5 Mbps Cable Modem >using maybe 5% of a P3 800. > > -----Burton > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: raptor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:36:31 -0400 > > >hi, > > > >I would deploy ntop and whant to ask what machine I will need to handle my traffic ? > >Ok I will deploy it with FireBird(Interbase) DB and want to use the same machine >for the DB-server, ntop and the web-stat-server. My setup is : > > up to 2Mbit and up-to 500 users > >(not yet but roughtly estamation if more I will then probably separate ntop & the >DB/web on separate machines) > > > >ntop will send data to the Interbase server which I will use for storing the stats. > >So what machine will do the job, if the users don't query to often the server for >stat (say 5-6 times a day). > >My current thoughts are for ~1.7GHz Pentium with 256MB RAM. > >What is your practice do u store stats for year behind or you purge data every >month ? > > > >Thanx alot in advance > >raptor > > > >PS.Is there more detail description on the DB fields than that of MySQLxxx.txt file >in the tar.gz file. > >_______________________________________________ > >Ntop mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > > __________________________________________________ > D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" > http://www.doteasy.com > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop
