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Re: Precise per GB traffic calculations.

  • From: Andy Dills
  • Date: Sat Aug 21 16:57:08 2004 
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Drew Weaver wrote:

>             Does anyone know of a solution that offers precise methods of
> tracking bandwidth utilizations at the per Megabyte or Gigabyte level and
> not at the rate of transfer level?
>
>
>
> Some people are asking me if we can bill them in this manner, and I'm
> questioning whether the stats that the switch are giving us are that
> accurate.

Drew,

Your counters probably reset a couple of times during the month, when they
reach some maximum value. Or perhaps because somebody power cycles the
switch.

So, no, it's not a good idea to look at the counter on day 1 and on day 30
and compare them. Check it every 5 minutes and store it in a database.
That way, the same system can do aggregate or 95th percentile, it's all in
the report script you write.

Andy

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Andy Dills
Xecunet, Inc.
www.xecu.net
301-682-9972
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