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can tcpdump capture 10Gbps traffic?

From: Jon Zhou <Jon.Zhou () jdsu com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:03:22 -0700

Hi
can tcpdump capture 10Gbps traffic?
About 2M pps,400-500Bytes per packet, XEON 5400,8 core
My experience is that tcpdump is able to capture only 2-3 Gbps ?

Thanks
jon
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