Re: Link capacity upgrade threshold

[Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi () niif hu>]

On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, Randy Bush wrote:

> > If your 95th percentile utilization is at 80% capacity, it's time to
> > start planning the upgrade.
>
> s/80/60/
>
> the normal snmp and other averaging methods *really* miss the bursts.


Agreed. Internet traffic is very burtsy. If you care your customer 
experience upgrade at 60-65% level. Especially if an interface is towards 
a customers is similar in bandwith of backbone links...

        Best Regards,
                Janos Mohacsi