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Re: Packet Loss due to Disk Contention with Running Dumpcap in a high packet rate environment


From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:55:12 -0800


On Dec 13, 2012, at 8:59 AM, John Powell <jrp999 () gmail com> wrote:

I am looking at using a SSD for my OS and my Capture volume which may help out with the Disk IO issue but eliminating 
the copy from the /TMP would definitely be an asset.

Have you actually observed any copying from /tmp?  The command you mention shouldn't be writing any packets to /tmp.
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