Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Capture machine spec?

From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:59:57 +0200

Jeff Morriss wrote:

swap space). I've read that others use a general rule of having 10 (??) times the size of the capture file in RAM; personally when I have a

That's my personal experience on some capture files I were using, but that really depends on the packets captured and only meant as a very dumb rule of thumb.

Your mileage may vary ...

Regards, ULFL