[159670] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netflow Nfsen Server Hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Thu Jan 17 11:36:50 2013
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:36:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <OF78A208AB.C0CA4FF4-ON85257AF6.004D3B3F-85257AF6.004D6EAB@csc.com>
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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 can
generate a lot of data.
jms
