Re: Office 365 Expert - I am not. I have a customer that...

[Roy Hirst <rhirst () xkl com>]

I know there is no such thing as a patient line of packets.
There was recently some research done on feedback from big early 
adopters (hosts) that I will try to dig out if you need it.
I remember that (1) user-to-data center bandwidth is much less than the 
resulting in-data-center bandwidth or dc-dc bandwidth (2) there are some 
useful metrics (ratios) for estimating bandwidth if you know the 
workload server GHz, installations need balance  (3) Many (most?) 
estimates underestimate fiber bandwidth actual requirements.
Roy

**Roy Hirst* 425-556-5773
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On 1/6/2015 12:37 PM, Bob Evans wrote:
> I have a customer that heavily uses Microsoft Office 365. It's hosted. All
> the data I see about usage per user appears theoretical. In that the
> formulas assume people are taking turns using the bandwidth as if there is
> a patient line of packets at the Internet gas pump. Nobody is clicking at
> the same time. We all know that is not the real world.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with Office 365 hosted that can tell me
> the practical bandwidth allocation (NOT in KB per month, but in
> megabits/sec) for 100 users (during normal work hours) needs to be
> available ?
>
> Thank You in advance,
> Bob Evans
> CTO Fiber Internet Center