[73407] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Precise per GB traffic calculations.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Sat Aug 21 13:05:52 2004
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:05:05 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <75634F04BFCFD511BF69009027DC8649ACD4D3@mailman.thenap.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Drew Weaver wrote:
> Does anyone know of a solution that offers precise methods of
> tracking bandwidth utilizations at the per Megabyte or Gigabyte level and
> not at the rate of transfer level?
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> Some people are asking me if we can bill them in this manner, and I'm
> questioning whether the stats that the switch are giving us are that
> accurate.
simple but should work, do this with mrtg, set the data type to 'absolute' and
zero it at the start of each month, it will give you the total in a month.