[175248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Keeping Track of Data Usage in GB Per Port
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nanog@jack.fr.eu.org)
Wed Oct 15 14:40:49 2014
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:40:35 +0200
From: nanog@jack.fr.eu.org
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Folks, use sflow with rrdtool!
Quite awesome & handy
On 15/10/2014 20:14, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:06:56 -0500, Colton Conor said:
>
>> 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.
>
> Assume a 20mbit connection. How many times can this roll over a
> 32 bit counter in a month if it's going full blast?
>
