Re: question about hardware requirements

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>]

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> > > > > "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.

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