Re: Netflow Nfsen Server Hardware

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Joe Loiacono <jloiacon () csc com> wrote:
> Tim Calvin <tcalvin () tlsn net> wrote on 01/16/2013 05:51:11 PM:
>
> > PowerEdge R610 -
> >
> >     2x Intel E5540, 2.53GHz Quad Core Processor
> >
> >     32GB RAM
> >
> >     2x 300gb 10k 2.5" SAS HDD
>
> Since netflow processing is generally I/O bound, you may want to invest in
> 15K drives.

I had suggested off-list that perhaps primary storage as SSD was a
better path, is there a reason to not do that? (with some larger
storage on spinning-media for historical storage/query).