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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