Rob,
a large hash is normal for a large nw. If this is not your case there's 
something wrong.

Where are you running ntop? On a border gw? Make sure you use the proper 
options.

Regards, Luca

Rob Trout wrote:

>After running for a few days, I get:
>
>Sep 30 22:45:43 stats ntop[1682]: Extending hash size
>[newSize=65536][deviceId=0]
>
>Which seems like a pretty large hash compared to others I have seen on
>the list.
>We're running ntop 2.1.51 on Mandrake 8.2. It's a p3-900 w/ 256mb ram.
>This host is only used for ntop. I'm starting with the command line of:
>
>/usr/local/bin/ntop -P /server/ntop-current/ntop/database -p
>/server/ntop-current/ntop/utils/protocol.list -d -u ntop -o -m x.x.x.x/x
>
>Is there a way to limit the hash-size, and if so what would be the
>trade-off of doing so? 
>This is monitoring an internet connection that averages about 4 mb, but
>can peak at 9-10mb
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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