Link capacity upgrade threshold
Mohacsi Janos
mohacsi at niif.hu
Mon Aug 31 07:41:03 UTC 2009
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, Randy Bush wrote:
>> If your 95th percentile utilization is at 80% capacity, it's time to
>> start planning the upgrade.
>
> s/80/60/
>
> the normal snmp and other averaging methods *really* miss the bursts.
Agreed. Internet traffic is very burtsy. If you care your customer
experience upgrade at 60-65% level. Especially if an interface is towards
a customers is similar in bandwith of backbone links...
Best Regards,
Janos Mohacsi
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