Re: Links on the blink - reprise

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () netrail net>]

On Sat, 18 Nov 1995, Alan Hannan wrote:

> ] Yes, that is true but most ISP's in my area are overselling 100 X or 
> ] more. Sure I mux 4 T1 FR to 1 T1 port and oversell my bandwidth, but all 
> ] of my links have at least 20% free on them during our peek.
>
>   What is your sample interval?  Cisco's 5 minute average?
>
>   80% utilization at 5 minute samples means it is very likely the
>   lines are choked a good portion of that time.

No, 1 min averages, the liks is normally under 40% used. If it get a lot 
of 80% 1 min averages we will upgrade the link.

Nathan Stratton           CEO, NetRail, Inc.    Your Gateway to the World!
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