Re: Snort running at 99% CPU

[Phil Wood <cpw () lanl gov>]

I've seen the mysql server fill up a partition.
As a consequence, snort will hang a read, I guess waiting for the result
of some post.  When this event happens you can watch snort with something
like strace -p pid.  It don't make a move, no how.

On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 01:00:08AM -0500, Martin Roesch wrote:
> Ok, if this isn't a FAQ yet it should be.  This happens frequently when
> Snort is setup with MySQL support.  I'm not 100% sure of the reason why
> still, but there is a correlation between 99% CPU utilization on
> Snort+MySQL and Linux.  You might think about trying out barnyard or a
> different database as a solution.
>
>      -Marty
>
> Blake Frantz wrote:
> > Snort is consuming 99% CPU on a:
> >
> > model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> > stepping        : 10
> > cpu MHz         : 931.013
> > cache size      : 256 KB
> >
> > MemTotal:      1157752 kB
> > MemFree:       1039896 kB
> >
> > Version 1.8.1-RELEASE (Build 74)
> > compiled with mysql support.
> >
> > Sniffing a 100mbit wire, no packets dropping.
> >
> > I was running snort in the same place with a celeron and the CPU never
> > reached 99% (that was snort 1.8.0 (?) I think).  Same compile options.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > -Blake
> >
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