On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:47:10 -0500 "Burton M. Strauss III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nope. > > Read docs/FAQ there is a discussion of what ntop is. But basically, > it's processing every packet on the wire, so of course it's going to > run continuously. Right. I thought so, but I got misled by the refresh parameter. > You SHOULD be running ntop on it's own server, anyway... Yeah, now that you mention it, makes a _lot_ of sense... we were running it on a couple of machines with -s (no promiscuous) enabled, but it makes much more sense to keep it running in promiscuous mode on a dedicated (or at least light-loaded) server. Thks for the tip. Best, Andre > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of Andre Costa > > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:53 PM > > To: ntop ML > > Subject: [Ntop] Sampling interval > > > > > > Hi, > > > > we have just started using ntop on a couple of servers here to > > monitor network performance. We are using "-r 60", but, according to > > the manual, it only affects screen updates, and ntop is always > > ranked among the top 5 processes for CPU usage -- which suggests it > > is _not_ running only at every 60s. (... please apologize if I am > > overlooking something obvious) > > > > Is there any parameter to control sampling interval? Some of these > > servers are very busy, so it would be good to know we're not > > competing for valuable resources. > > > > TIA > > > > Andre > > > > PS: the complete command line we're using is "ntop -b -n -s -z -r 60 > > -w 3000-d-u ntop" > > > > -- > > Andre Oliveira da Costa > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop -- Andre Oliveira da Costa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
