Argus memory issues

[Peter Van Epp]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:59:00AM -0400, Carter Bullard wrote:
> OK, I have an argus with a completely different memory strategy
> that can be tested, however, it doesn't generate usable output yet.
> I will try to get it ready for tonight, or early tomorrow.  Would
> anyone be interested in running it for a while, just to see what the
> memory use looks like?  No client involvement, just hooking it up
> to a packet hose, and watching what it does (may core, but so
> far so good).
> 
> This should cut memory use for low impact flows to 10-15% of
> what it is now, possibly less than argus-2.0, for some traffic mixes.
> It will be in the kernel a bit more than earlier memory models, but
> should work.
> 
> Carter
> 

	Sure I can pop it in the test machine and see what memory does :-).

Peter Van Epp / Operations and Technical Support 
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada