On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Stephan Harren wrote: > It's 100*1000*1000 (because 1 Megabyte means 1024*1024, but 1 Megabit > means 1000*1000, the theoretical maximum on a FastEthernet is > 100.000.000). But if you store the data in bytes and multiply it by 8 > when graphing, your maximum should be 12.500.000 (because the maximum is > still 100.000.000, divided by 8 will be bytes).
Actually I multiply it by 8 when STORING it, i.e. the value stored has been multipled. So which should it be? (this may just be the insomnia messing with my head). -Dan > > HTH, > > Stephan > > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > >Hi, I was unsure of how my graphs would be built initially, as I'm > >monitoring ipfw rules with a theoretical limit of 100 megs (although in > >theory the loopback can go faster, we'll assume it won't). > > > >It probably doesn't matter, but my counters return bytes, but the standard > >seems to be bits, so I'm multiplying the data * 8. > > > >With this in mind, what should I set my maximum as? Is it as simple as > >100 * 1024 * 1024 (104857600) or am I missing something that'll bite me > >in the behind later? > > > >Thanks, and happy new year. > > > >-Dan Mahoney > > > >-- > > > >"You're a daddy. I'm a mommy. She's our baby. Deal with it." > > > >-Cali, 11/7/02, about 1:35 AM > > > >--------Dan Mahoney-------- > >Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > >Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > >ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > >Site: http://www.gushi.org > >--------------------------- > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users > >WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi > > > > > > > > > > -- "We are basically...'Bandwidth Pimps'...Hrmmm...But that's cool man! You see these gold chains? It's all good!" -Ali Dhoon 03/03/2003, 7PM --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --------------------------- -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
