Very true.. It is an open-ended question that can have many answers, especially without knowing their design...
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Keegan Holley <keegan.hol...@sungard.com>wrote: > That depends on the network configuration though. If you have redundant > links and one link is at 65% and the other is at 35% or more you won't be > able to get through a circuit flap or outage without dropping packets. > > > > 2011/11/17 Karl Clapp <kcl...@staff.gwi.net> > >> Ideally, when our 95th-percentile hits 65% utilization, we begin the >> pricing and planning process and its up on peoples radar. Once the >> 95th-percentile hits 80-85% we start planning the maintenance and execute >> the upgrades. I say ideally, because in a perfect world this would happen >> 100% of the time. >> >> We try to upgrade when the 95th is at 80-85%, because the 95th-percentiles >> is based off 5-min polls, so I am sure traffic is spiking higher at peak >> times. >> >> Cheers.. >> >> ~Karl >> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Bielawa, Daniel Walter < >> dwbiel...@liberty.edu> wrote: >> >> > Greetings, >> > My team is in the process of putting some documentation >> > together to justify a bandwidth upgrade. I am asking if you would be >> > willing to reply back to me, with how you decide that it is time to >> upgrade >> > your bandwidth. On-line or off-line reply's will be acceptable. >> > >> > Thank You >> > >> > Daniel Bielawa >> > Network Engineer >> > Liberty University Network Services >> > >> > (434)592-7987 >> > >> > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY >> > 40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011 >> > >> > >> >> >