commit 5601e2d891d4a4e7302e127eb3c2e0045c0b066c Author: juga0 juga@riseup.net Date: Mon Sep 3 12:43:02 2018 +0000
Add system physical requirements --- INSTALL.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst index 3821aaf..9d5c8f5 100644 --- a/INSTALL.rst +++ b/INSTALL.rst @@ -98,6 +98,31 @@ To build the documentation diagrams::
The generated diagrams will be in ``docs/build/_images/``.
+System physical requirements +----------------------------- + +- Bandwidth: at least 20MB/s (160 Mbit/s). The more the better. +- Free RAM: at least 1.5GB +- Free disk: at least 3GB + +``sbws`` and its dependencies need around 20MB of disk space. +After 90 days ``sbws`` data files use around 3GB. +If ``sbws`` is configured to log to files (by default will log to the +system log), it will need a maximum of 500MB. + +It is recommended to set up an automatic disk space monitoring on ``sbws`` data +and log partitions. + +Details about ``sbws`` data: + +``sbws`` produces around 100MB of data a day. +By default raw results' files are compressed after 10 days and deleted after 90. +The bandwidth files are compressed after 7 days and deleted after 1. +After 90 days, the disk space used by the data will be aproximately 3GB. +It will not increase further. +If ``sbws`` is configured to log to files, logs will be rotated after they +are 10MB and it will keep 50 rotated log files. + .. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/ .. _Stem: https://stem.torproject.org/ .. _socks: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#socks