Hello all, I read the FAQ and frequently search the mail archives but must have missed the info if it was there. So sorry in advance if that is the case.
I need some advice from you experts. I'm implementing a system that will dump a daily snapshot of ntop's accumulated data during that day (something like Shawn Wall's Daily Report system http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ntop/NTOP_Usage_Tracking.pdf?download) So I setup a cron job that resets ntop at 00:00 everyday. then, I setup a cron job that dumps ntop data since last reset (midnight) into a text file at 23:59 (end of day). Finally, I setup a cron job which will run a java app which will import everything into a PostgreSQL DB (or any other DB on any platform) thereafter. (With the sticky hosts option 'on' as to not lose any data) Finally, I will automate email reporting to staff on simple yet useful information I can extract from the DB (total download per hosts, total download for whole network, trigger events when over defined limits...) 2 questions: 1) Does this whole idea make sense? (provided ntop server WILL run 24/7) 2) Can I just add the 'bytesRcvdFromRem' value of the data dump feature of all hosts on the network to get the total external download of the network (we have a monthly download limit)? Or am I misunderstanding some basic concepts here? Exact precision is not a requirements. Using Ntop latest version on Fedora Core 5. Thanks is advance for your time -- Ghislain Bob Hachey Information Management Advisor People First Network (PFnet) Distance Learning Centre Project (DLCP) (677) 26358 www.peoplefirst.net.sb www.schoolnet.net.sb _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
