Nope. Read docs/FAQ there is a discussion of what ntop is. But basically, it's processing every packet on the wire, so of course it's going to run continuously.
You SHOULD be running ntop on it's own server, anyway... -----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Andre Costa > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:53 PM > To: ntop ML > Subject: [Ntop] Sampling interval > > > Hi, > > we have just started using ntop on a couple of servers here to monitor > network performance. We are using "-r 60", but, according to the manual, > it only affects screen updates, and ntop is always ranked among the top > 5 processes for CPU usage -- which suggests it is _not_ running only at > every 60s. (... please apologize if I am overlooking something obvious) > > Is there any parameter to control sampling interval? Some of these > servers are very busy, so it would be good to know we're not competing > for valuable resources. > > TIA > > Andre > > PS: the complete command line we're using is "ntop -b -n -s -z -r 60 -w > 3000-d-u ntop" > > -- > Andre Oliveira da Costa > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
