> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Nicholas Orr > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ntop] A step by step guide? > > > Burton
<snip /> > You know I did read that bit (disk usage = # hosts) and it dawned on me as > I was writing the email that that was the case, but for some > reason I still > stuck it in there, I'm a tool :/ It's a constant issue because you can't control it -- one of your users does a /24 port scan, 250 hosts added to ntop, poof... > > As to the demanding bit, the person stated "you WILL need a decent amount > of drive space." so I was just being like (pretend the next quoted > statement follows something like 'it gets HOT in the desert') "so how hot > does it get in the desert?" (asking for a rough temperature range) like I > wasn't "Tell me exactly how much disk space it WILL require and then I'll > decide IF I want to talk to you some more". And for the next paragraph > (well I've all ready said I was a tool for including it). Then the last I > was just trying to give some background/operating environment details, so > that if what he was suggesting is not really for me it would save him time > going through it with me. . . If you look at a specific rrd file, you'll see the basic unit of size (which I can't tell you a priori since it depends on the settings you put in the rrd plugin - the more seconds of detailed data, the larger, etc.) Still, the default gives a file size around 35KB each. Similarly, depending upon the actual network traffic (stuff with no values doesn't create an rrd) and your protocol (-P) list, etc, you will have a different # of .rrd files per host. But 50 is a working number. So that's about 1.7MB per host. As always, YMMV > > Also I forgot to say thanks at the end, which I apologise for, I'll > remember to do it next time. > > Easy response to read, > > Happy days for all, > > Nick <snip /> _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
