[175245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Keeping Track of Data Usage in GB Per Port
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Oct 15 14:21:58 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <2990.1413396871@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:20:10 -0400
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Oct 15, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>=20
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:06:56 -0500, Colton Conor said:
>=20
>> on a cisco switch vs a DSL port on a DSLAM for example? I would think =
these
>> access switches would have some sort of stat you can count similar to =
a
>> utility meter reader on a house. See what it was at last month, see =
what is
>> is at this month, subtract last months from this months, and the =
difference
>> is the total amount used for that month.
>=20
> Assume a 20mbit connection. How many times can this roll over a
> 32 bit counter in a month if it's going full blast?
If your switch doesn=E2=80=99t support 64-bit counters return it.
- Jared=
