I've
found ntop to be pretty RAM-hungry, at least on our network. We have
around 2000 hosts on a 100MB internet connection, and it maxed RAM and induced
heavy thrashing on a P3-800 w/256MB within minutes. It's now on a dual
Xeon 2.8GHz w/2G RAM (along with all my other analysis tools) and it's quite
happy. Then again, what wouldn't be?
For a
200-host network with a normal (T1 or less) internet connection you might be OK
with 128MB, but if you've got an extra 128MB handy don't skimp. If you get
a utilization spike you want to have enough memory to cover
it.
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From: Gianpaolo Serafini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gianpaolo Serafini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi,I would like to run ntop on a PC Pentium 3, 128 Mb ram, 10 Gb HD. I plan to install linux Debian and use the machine only for network analisys porpuse. The net has about 200 hosts and internet connectivity. Is that a suitable configuration? Is useless use a pc only for ntop e all the othe tools fot net control or maybe I can run it on a workstation making something else? Maybe there are somewhere examples of hardware configurations and suggestions...ThanksGianpaolo
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