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Snort: hardware recommendations to monitor gigabit network

Asked by jspaziano in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Miscellaneous Security

I am seeking opinions on hardware recommendations to implement a snort IDS to monitor a gigabit network.

i tried implementing in the past with old hardware that was not adaquate.
i'm working on a proposal to get an IDS up and running however i'm not sure what the hardware requirements would be to monitor a link that has alot of traffic.

i'm trying to get a solution that will perform adaquately without going overboard.

I was thinking:

CPU: Core 2 quad - 2.83ghz w/ 12MB L2 cache
RAM: 8GB DDR2-1066
Storage: SATA 2 hdd (7200RPM)

i'm not sure if that would be inadaquate or overkill.

any guidance would be appreciated.

thank you.
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