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