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Re: Netflow Nfsen Server Hardware

From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner () cluebyfour org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:36:23 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Joe Loiacono wrote:

Tim Calvin <tcalvin () tlsn net> wrote on 01/16/2013 05:51:11 PM:

PowerEdge R610 -

    2x Intel E5540, 2.53GHz Quad Core Processor

    32GB RAM

    2x 300gb 10k 2.5" SAS HDD


Since netflow processing is generally I/O bound, you may want to invest in
15K drives.

That, and lots of storage for flow data. Even a small network cangenerate a lot of data.

jms