September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
6h 35m
English
Content preview from Network Scanning Cookbook
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Getting ready
The requirements for Nessus vary for the different components present in it, as well as the type of license available and its usage.
The following table depicts the Nessus hardware requirements:
|
Scenario |
Minimum recommended hardware |
|
Nessus scanning up to 50,000 hosts |
CPU: 4 x 2 GHz cores Memory: 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended) Disk space: 30 GB |
|
Nessus scanning more than 50,000 hosts |
CPU: 8 x 2 GHz cores Memory: 8 GB RAM (16 GB RAM recommended) Disk space: 30 GB (additional space may be needed for reporting) |
|
Nessus Manager with up to 10,000 agents |
CPU: 4 x 2 GHz cores Memory: 16 GB RAM Disk space: 30 GB (additional space may be needed for reporting) |
|
Nessus Manager with up to 20,000 agents |
CPU: 8 ... |
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