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Re: What does 95th %tile mean?


From: Arnold Nipper <arnold () nipper de>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:25:05 +0200


On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:57:55AM -0400, Alex Pilosov wrote:

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 Toby_Williams () enron net wrote:

c) bingo. Each of your providers will remove highest 95th percentile (1.5
days worth of traffic) and only bill you for minimal utilization. 


But it's likely that 30 x minimal utilization is far more than one time all
the traffic. Bingo! Perfect shot! Not taking into account 30 x the hardware
and 30 x maintenance ...


-alex


Arnold
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