[112556] in North American Network Operators' Group
Usage-Based Billing for DIA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rodriguez, Mauricio)
Thu Mar 5 17:06:20 2009
From: "Rodriguez, Mauricio" <Mauricio.Rodriguez@fpl.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:02:02 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Looking at possibilities for an implementation of usage-based billing, it s=
eems that the same techniques and tools always come up. I'm looking for so=
me feedback from the list on experiences with these tools and techniques as=
well as alternatives that may not be listed here.
+Techniques
--Flow data (Netflow, SFlow, etc) analysis to determine 95t=
h percentile traffic levels
--SNMP polling of interface counters to determine 95th perc=
entile traffic levels
Granted, there are many interpretations of how to calculate "95th percentil=
e traffic levels" that may differ from provider to provider. Assume that w=
e have established the method that we will use.
+Tools
--RTG
--MRTG
--Cacti
--solarwinds Orion
--Various, expensive PM tools such as Netcool Proviso, JDSU=
NetComplete, InfoVista tools, etc
--flow-tools and FlowScan combo
--Arbor Networks Peakflow
Any follow up to this thread, either on or off list, or pointers to previou=
s threads with good information would be appreciated! My search didn't tur=
n up any, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist!
Thanks!
Regards,
Mauricio Rodriguez
Manager of IP/Data Engineering, FPL FiberNet
Email: Mauricio.Rodriguez@fpl.com<mailto:Mauricio_Rodriguez@fpl.com>
