On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Michael Packer wrote:
> > Successful requests: 98
> > Average successful requests per day: 517
> > ?!?!?!?!?!??!
> >
> > Successful requests for pages: 18
> > Average successful requests for pages per day: 90
> > ?!?!?!?!?!??!
> >
> > Data transferred: 433 948 bytes
> > Average data transferred per day: 2 260 Kbytes
> > ?!?!?!?!?!?
> >
> > Does it have something to do with the 0.2 days value ?
> > I'm not using the EXCLUDE parameters (for testing purposes).
> >
> > I must be doing something wrong.
> > Please help.
> >
>
> yes....it's trying to "guess" what the number will be for the day
> based on the current days statistics
>
No, it's not really. Well, you could look at it that way, but it's in fact
giving the actual rate of requests.
Suppose you travelled 12 miles in quarter of an hour. You would be happy to
say that you were travelling at 48 miles an hour, without any guess as to
how far you were going to have travelled by the end of the hour.
--
Stephen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, England
"Due to the conflict in Kosovo, we will not be showing the movie Wag the
Dog. Instead, we will show Mortal Kombat: Annihilation." Cable & Wireless
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