Re: PSINet/Cogent Latency

["Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix () techmonkeys org>]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 08:34:40AM +0200, Alexander Koch wrote:
> Phil,
>
> imagine some four routers dying or not answering queries,
> you will see the poll script give you timeout after timeout
> after timeout and with some 50 to 100 routers and the
> respective interfaces you see mrtg choke badly, losing data.
>
> You see, the poll script is doing one after the other,
> mainly, so you wait too long and then the next run starts
> and then something.
>
> mrtg/rrd is not the tool of choice for accounting / billing
> but nice enough for showing you 'backup' graphs for visitors
> probably.

Hi.