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* Overall bytes captured since start: The amount of captured bytes since system start.  
* Overall bytes captured since start: The amount of captured bytes since system start.  
:This may be smaller than the used size if the system has been restarted. And it may be larger than the used size in case the ring buffer is full.  
:This may be smaller than the used size if the system has been restarted. And it may be larger than the used size in case the ring buffer is full.  
The history graph shows the captured traffic of the last minute or in the selected interval (if set).
:The history graph shows the captured traffic of the last minute or in the selected interval (if set).
* Bytes dropped since start: The traffic which was processed but could not be written to the ring buffer since the start of processing.  
* Bytes dropped since start: The traffic which was processed but could not be written to the ring buffer since the start of processing.  
:This is usually an indicator that writes to the external storage device were not fast enough.  The history graph shows the drops over time.
:This is usually an indicator that writes to the external storage device were not fast enough.  The history graph shows the drops over time.
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