Bandwidth Upgrade

Thu Nov 17 16:08:09 UTC 2011

That depends on the network configuration though.  If you have redundant
links and one link is at 65% and the other is at 35% or more you won't be
able to get through a circuit flap or outage without dropping packets.

2011/11/17 Karl Clapp <kclapp at staff.gwi.net>

> Ideally, when our 95th-percentile hits 65% utilization, we begin the
> pricing and planning process and its up on peoples radar. Once the
> 95th-percentile hits 80-85% we start planning the maintenance and execute
> the upgrades. I say ideally, because in a perfect world this would happen
> 100% of the time.
>
> We try to upgrade when the 95th is at 80-85%, because the 95th-percentiles
> is based off 5-min polls, so I am sure traffic is spiking higher at peak
> times.
>
> Cheers..
>
> ~Karl
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Bielawa, Daniel Walter <
> dwbielawa at liberty.edu> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >                My team is in the process of putting some documentation
> > together to justify a bandwidth upgrade. I am asking if you would be
> > willing to reply back to me, with how you decide that it is time to
> upgrade
> > your bandwidth. On-line or off-line reply's will be acceptable.
> >
> > Thank You
> >
> > Daniel Bielawa
> > Network Engineer
> > Liberty University Network Services
> >
> > (434)592-7987
> >
> > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
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