I don't know how long my Linux box has been up, but it has been months, well since the day 3.1 was released. ntop rocks, I have solved so many network problems I can't count. My co-workers, who think the sun rises and shines on a company in Redmond, have now taken a more open stance to open source.
Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:27 AM Subject: RE: [Ntop] NTop FWIW, I run 3.0 and 3.1 on Redhat FC2 with no issues. I'd second the comments below. Open Source software is an insanely great concept and can be incredibly strong in practice BUT it isn't perfect. Luca, Burton, etc. do not have the time to track down every issue on every combination of OS/Hardware/additional_software. It's up to the user to do that - you might say it's our contribution to the project (don't think it makes us "even" though). Personally, I use Ntop for the following reasons: It makes me better at my job, I have a near-zero budget for traffic monitoring, I enjoy screwing with it and it's gravy for me - if it goes down all I lose is some troubleshooting/prevention capability. If you "can't afford" problems, then you probably can't afford to cobble together a FREE solution yourself. So you should either consider a commercial solution, or buy commercial support for Ntop. If you want to go the latter route, an email to Burton might be a good first step..... Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mercer, Jeff Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Ntop] NTop In my experience, while Ntop is a wicked cool tool, it's stability is dependent on many factors, not just the OS. Until Ntop 3.1, I could rarely keep a runtime up for more than a day or so. The biggest issue generally being resource utilization (i.e. memory). But I'll say that 3.1 definitely seems SIGNIFICANTLY more stable for me than any previous version. However, if you "can't afford any application segfault", you probably want to look at a commercial solution. With relatively few exceptions, I don't recommend putting mission-critical services on OpenSource implementations (those exceptions being things like Sendmail and BIND, which have multiple decades of development behind them) ********************************************************************** Confidential/Proprietary Note The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. Thank you. Guardian Mortgage Documents, Inc. 225 Union Boulevard, Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 80228. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
