[1091] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Links on the blink - reprise
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Sat Nov 18 21:37:20 1995
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 21:33:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Alan Hannan <alan@gi.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199511190056.SAA08047@gaijin.mid.net>
On Sat, 18 Nov 1995, Alan Hannan wrote:
>
> ] Yes, that is true but most ISP's in my area are overselling 100 X or
> ] more. Sure I mux 4 T1 FR to 1 T1 port and oversell my bandwidth, but all
> ] of my links have at least 20% free on them during our peek.
>
> What is your sample interval? Cisco's 5 minute average?
>
> 80% utilization at 5 minute samples means it is very likely the
> lines are choked a good portion of that time.
No, 1 min averages, the liks is normally under 40% used. If it get a lot
of 80% 1 min averages we will upgrade the link.
Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World!
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