Over sub ratio can vary greatly from one ISP to the next. I would take note of what it is, but I wouldn't base anything on it.
On Oct 2, 2016 8:23 AM, "Chris Fabien" <[email protected]> wrote: > For upstream circuits, we dont upgrade based on a ratio of mbps sold. We > upgrade based on utilizaton. we never want to hit over 80%. > > On Oct 2, 2016 12:38 AM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> so, we hit a wall this week with lopsided providers. we hit an >> approximate 20:1 and choked. with some policy routing we took it to about a >> 14:1 ratio and got things buffered. this is upstream, i still am >> comfortable with 12-15:1 on the ap/cpe side. >> >> At what ratio do you decide to buy more provider bandwidth? rule of >> thumb, because we are all different. With our size, we could probably still >> afford a 1:1 on the upstream, but we would be wasting a shit ton of cash. >> >> Powercode sucks ass for reporting, so its a manual process to see what >> your ratio is, even though they could pop out report very easily, and I >> assume query guys already are because Powercode makes it too hard. >> >> >> I am concerned with my personal accountability on this however. Im >> normally pretty anal about monitoring for points of failure, and I >> completely dropped the ball on this, relegating some customer complaints to >> the "quit whining you little bitch" bin, assuming it wa a customer end >> issue when I should have realized we had sold too much and put it out the >> small pipe. Any advice (aside from maintaining a 1:1) for metrics to >> monitor that indicate you oversubscribe? >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> >
