Hardware Sizing

Indications on process, memory and disk required are given below for networks with three different sizes.

Network Size

Small Network

Medium Network

Large Network

Traffic

< 100Mbps

Between 100Mbps and 1Gbps

Above 1Gbps

Active Hosts

Hundredths

Thousands

Hundreds of thousands

Active Flows

Thousands

Hundreds of thousands

Millions

Note

On large networks, special extra configuration is required as explained in Operating ntopng on large networks.

Processor and Memory

Small Network

Medium Network

Large Network

Processor

2cores+

4cores+

8cores+

Memory

2GB+

4GB+

16GB+

Disk

See ntopng Disk Requirements for Timeseries and Flows.