Hi Luca,

Thanks for your answer, it explains the behavior I mentioned. There is any
way to keep historical information for non-local hosts?

If I wanted to make a backup from the historical information, which
folder/folders should I backup "/storage/nProbe"?

Thanks,

Daniel



On 8 January 2014 10:59, Luca Deri <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Daniel,
> only local hosts are stored in cache for later restore. This to avoid
> caching too much stuff. Might this explain the behaviour you are observing?
>
> Regards Luca
>
>
>
> On 01/08/2014 10:47 AM, Daniel Gomez wrote:
>
>  Hi Neil,
>
> I am seeing a similar behaviour. A host that appeared on the list of hosts
> and from which I could retrieve information (total traffic, protocols,
> activity patterns, ASN, geo, etc.) is after "some" inactivity not anymore
> accessible.
>
>  Most probably as you said the host drops from cache due to lack of
> recent activity.
>
>  Unfortunately I cannot find any like to retrieve the information from
> cache, it just appears a:
>
> Host xx.xx.xx.xx cannot be found.Perhaps this host has been previously
> purged from memory or it has never been observed by this ntopng instance.
>
>  I am also interested on a way to debug this "feature".
>
>  Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 8 January 2014 04:03, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Guys
>>
>>  I have some unexpected behaviour from my ntopng installation. I've very
>> recently started using ntopng, so I'm not sure if what I'm observing is
>> correct or an issue.
>>
>>  I'm running an instance ntopng that I built from r7148 on Raspberry Pi.
>> I've configured ntopng to listen to an interface (interface 3, eth1) that
>> is a port mirror of my WAN connection via a Netgear GS108E switch. The
>> connection is lightly loaded at approx 100MB over 30 mins.
>>
>>  Is the following behaviour working correctly ... ?
>>
>>  Packet data is accumulated. Looking at a particular host via the web
>> interface, all looks good. I can see sensible total traffic, protocols,
>> activity patterns, ASN, geo, etc. The behaviour I'm interested in occurs
>> when the host drops from cache due to lack of recent activity -- maybe even
>> after just a few minutes of inactivity.
>>
>>  If I search for the host using the search input box on the main web
>> interface, the returned web page correctly states that the host is not in
>> cache and provides a link to force the return of the host information from
>> cache. If I select the link, the host information re-appears (note there is
>> sometimes a grey busy icon along side the ip address for a few seconds -- I
>> assume to indicate that the host info is being retrieved). So far so good.
>>
>>  However, the host information is missing the previous data.
>>
>>  If I now force the host to generate packets (eg browse a web site from
>> the host), the original host (before the cache miss) data reappears.
>> However, under these circumstances, the "First Seen" time is as of the most
>> recent set of packets -- even though the traffic and the protocol tabs
>> "correctly" contain the full set of information since ntopng was restarted.
>> (Obviously, I'm assuming this information is correct -- at the very least
>> it appears sensible).
>>
>>  In addition once this state has occurred the "historical" tab contains
>> incorrect information. The exact state of "incorrectness" is variable, but
>> most often the manifestation is that the "Total Traffic" information is
>> lower than the original total traffic before the cache miss, but often much
>> more than the traffic that has occurred since the recent "First Seen" time.
>> ie it sits somewhere between the two.
>>
>>  BTW The above behaviour is repeatable and I've now seen it four times
>> despite reboots and rebuilds.
>>
>>  So is the above correct behaviour? I'm assuming it is incorrect; I
>> would have assumed that the search return from cache should have
>> re-instantiated the cache miss data in the first place. If the behaviour is
>> not correct, is there any recommended approach I should take to debug it ?
>> I looked for an option to debug build ntopng but didn't find one.
>>
>>  Anyhow, I'm really liking the ntopng so far. It looks great and has
>> already helped me achieve part of my aim of figuring out the cause of some
>> unexplained bandwidth usage at Chez Bartlett.
>>
>>  Thx
>>  Neil Bartlett
>>
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