Re: how many clients per server w/ nessus?

From: sullo (sulloat_private)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 09:38:41 PDT

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    We accidentally just had 9 concurrent scans running from various clients. The server is a Netra X1 running Solaris 2.8.  All finished 
    properly, if not a bit slower than normal.
    
    -Sullo
    
    > Ben
    > 
    > I have set-up Nessus before with 5 concurrent clients and it seemed to work
    > fine. The scanning took a while but I think this was because of the limited
    > bandwidth I had access to at the time, rather than the power of the Server
    > (Redhat, P3, 128MB RAM).
    > 
    > Kevin
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: <falconat_private>
    > To: <PEN-TESTat_private>
    > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:37 PM
    > Subject: how many clients per server w/ nessus?
    > 
    > 
    > > Greetings,
    > >
    > > Has anybody ever setup a central nessus server to be
    > > used with multiple, simultaneous clients?  Any idea
    > > what the safe max per server is in terms of # clients
    > > and # scanning threads (ie: target IPs/hosts)?  I'm
    > > interested in setting up a central server with the
    > > ability to scan 50-100 confirmed hosts simultaneous
    > > from 5-10 unique clients and am wondering if 1 server
    > > can handle this, or if I'll need to setup multiple
    > > servers.
    > >
    > > Thanks much!
    > >
    > > -ben
    > >
    > > ---------------------------------------
    > > Benjamin Tomhave
    > > falconat_private
    > > http://falcon.cybersecret.com/
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