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This section describes the '''Ring Buffer''' configuration and options for the Allegro Network Multimeter. | This section describes the '''Ring Buffer''' configuration and options for the Allegro Network Multimeter. | ||
== What is the '''Ring Buffer''' | == What is the '''Ring Buffer''' == | ||
[[File:Historic capture dialog.png|thumb|300px]] | [[File:Historic capture dialog.png|thumb|300px]] | ||
The '''Ring Buffer''' stores packets | The '''Ring Buffer''' is pa raw packet buffer. It stores packets on one or many '''storage devices'''. A '''storage device''' is an internal or external HDD or SSD. If the buffer is full, it will overwrite the oldest packets as a circular or ring buffer. The '''Ring Buffer''' is an optional feature for the Allegro Network Multimeter. It does not store any of the statistics of the In-Memory-Database. | ||
The '''Ring Buffer''' is an optional feature for the Allegro Network Multimeter. It does not store any of the statistics of the In-Memory-Database. | |||
Allegro recommend to take a look at the [https://allegro-packets.com/en/resources-service/whitepaper/whitepaper-paket-ring-buffer| ring buffer white paper] from the Allegro Packets website. | |||
The Webshark and the Pcap extraction works with historic dates as in the screen shot here on the right side. | |||
== Different '''Ring Buffer''' modes == | == Different '''Ring Buffer''' modes == | ||