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Pcaket Capture System Build Suggestions

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If you had to build a packet capture system how would you build it? You have 2500.00 max for the system. Thank you.

asked 08 Sep '14, 08:22

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First it depends on the use case Server, "portable" or laptop. High speed capture e.g close to 1Gb/s CPU amount of RAM and disk speed and size of discs I suppose and which OS to be used. This presentation at Shark fest '14 may be of interest http://sharkfest.wireshark.org/sharkfest.14/presentations/I3:%20Sharkfest_2014_ABrown%20-%20Copy.pdf

answered 08 Sep '14, 14:02

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