North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: What does 95th %tile mean?
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:03:02AM +1000, Geoff Huston wrote: > > Depending on the synchronization between the burst pattern and the sampling > system, and the sampling technique itself, the 95% reading can be zero, > half the line rate, or the line rate, and all answers are equally valid in > some sense. They don't take a one-second sample every five minutes, they take the five-minute average rate measured by their router. Unless they're insane, or their routers don't support that. I dunno who makes routers that don't support that, though. Attachment:
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