System Requirements
Hardware
CloudShark can run on both virtual machine (VM) and bare metal installations. Consider the rest of your infrastructure when choosing your deployment options.
All tiers must have a 64-bit (x86_64) CPU.
Minimum
- Dual-core CPU
- 8 GB RAM
- 500 GB free disk space
Recommended
- Quad-core CPU or better
- ≥ 32 GB RAM
- 4.0 TB free disk space
Estimated Performance
Because your individual usage of CloudShark is very specific to your organization, and so much depends on the contents of the capture files as well as the number of concurrent users you have accessing CloudShark, we’ve put together the following table to give you an approximate performance level.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Max File Size | Up to 200 MB | Up to 4 GB |
| Number of Users | 1-5 | 25+ |
Note on maximum capture sizes
Some analysis tools are more intensive on the CPU and disk than others and may take longer depending on the content and size of the capture file. Suggested sizes are estimates only.
Analysis is capped at what can be completed in a reasonable amount of time. To run some tools and filters against larger files, your hardware will need to be powerful enough.
Note that CloudShark’s storage requirements grow linearly with the size of the capture files stored. Many CloudShark deployments use existing SANs within an organization. For local storage, we recommend a redundant storage array and ext4 filesystem with high performance disks.
Operating System
CloudShark runs on a standard 64-bit (x86_64) Linux machine. The following operating systems are currently supported:
New installations should use the latest Rocky/RHEL 8 operating system.
- Rocky Linux/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (minimum 8.6)
- CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (minimum 7.9)
All installation types, such as minimal install, full desktop install,
etc. are supported. We recommend a minimal install of the latest release
and all available security updates. To update the system, run the
command yum upgrade.
Please note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux may require the configuration of an optional software channel to fully support all of CloudShark’s dependencies. CloudShark’s installer will generate a warning if this channel is disabled.
CloudShark on AWS EC2
See our AWS information for additional information about installing CloudShark on AWS.
Internet Access
Internet Access is not required to run or install CloudShark.
