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Re: question about hardware requirements
From: Koryn Grant <koryn () endace com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:47:36 +1300 (NZDT)
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Michael Richardson wrote:
"Zhanxiang" == Zhanxiang Huang <zh4c () cs virginia edu> writes:Zhanxiang> In order to use tcpdump snooping 1Gbps traffic without Zhanxiang> dropping packets, Zhanxiang> what are the requirements for the hardware? Zhanxiang> Say, how fast should the CUP, memory, cache, buses and hard Zhanxiang> drive be? I'm not aware of any current off-the-shelf hardware that can deal with this. You'd need a PCI-Express equipped system with a NIC card that can deal with the data rates involved. If you want to do Gb/s, you'll need hardware dedicated to the purpose. I.e. Smartbits, etc.
A PCI-X system works fine, provided you have the right network card. The other hardware requirements depend on whether you are doing real-time analysis or capturing to disk. More information is available at: http://www.endace.com/gigemon.htm or email me directly - I did some work tuning one of our Gigemon systems last year, and should be able to help answer any further questions. Cheers, Koryn -- Dr Koryn Grant phone +64 7 8346729 Senior Software Engineer mobile +64 21 488386 Endace Technology Ltd email koryn () endace com Hamilton, New Zealand web http://www.endace.com/ - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:tcpdump-workers-request () tcpdump org?body=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- question about hardware requirements Zhanxiang Huang (Jan 16)
- Re: question about hardware requirements Michael Richardson (Jan 22)
- Re: question about hardware requirements Koryn Grant (Jan 22)
- Re: question about hardware requirements Jefferson Ogata (Jan 22)
- Re: question about hardware requirements Michael Richardson (Jan 22)