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[NodePlex]

Could someone tell me how to translate this into what would be needed in port speed to cover this server if converted to colo, in Mbps ? Is it 4.5?


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The statistics were last updated Wednesday, 14 February 2007 at 10:50,
at which time 'XXXXXXXXX' had been up for 362 days, 17:47:15.
Last 30 days usage (Metered 95%): 4670.57 kb/sec
Last 30 days usage (Metered 95%): 1477797.53 MBytes
Total Utilization ( Last 30 days ): [In 637187 MBytes] [Out 65140 MBytes]

Max Speed: 12.5 MBytes/s
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Also, is there a real need to be on a burstable connection, or are flat rates OK most of the time? Just looking for the advantages and disadvantages of it.

[FastServ]

that is about 4.7 (5) Mbps billable from what I can tell. Not sure how they measured MBytes 95% though.

[TQ Mark]

Originally Posted by themicro

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The statistics were last updated Wednesday, 14 February 2007 at 10:50,
at which time 'XXXXXXXXX' had been up for 362 days, 17:47:15.
Last 30 days usage (Metered 95%): 4670.57 kb/sec
Last 30 days usage (Metered 95%): 1477797.53 MBytes
Total Utilization ( Last 30 days ): [In 637187 MBytes] [Out 65140 MBytes]

Max Speed: 12.5 MBytes/s
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The units aren't very clear, it says 4670.57 kb/sec, I assume that is Kilobits/sec (usually abbreviated as Kb/sec), while Kilobytes/sec would be 8x less (usually abbreviated as KB/sec). Usually when we are talking about bandwidth rates it is done in bits while total data transferred is in bytes.

The max speed of 12.5MBytes/s equals 100Mbits/s. If that is accurate then you are bursting up to the full 100Mbps.

Do you have bandwidth graphs to reference? That would help give you a clearer picture of your usage and patterns.

[NodePlex]

Daily Graph (5 minute average)
http://extranet.gnax.net/images/mrtg...net0_2-day.png



Weekly Graph (30 minute average)
http://extranet.gnax.net/images/mrtg...et0_2-week.png



Monthly Graph (2 hour average)
http://extranet.gnax.net/images/mrtg...t0_2-month.png


Yearly Graph (1 day average)
http://extranet.gnax.net/images/mrtg...et0_2-year.png

Max In:63.0 Mb/s (63.0%) Average In:2238.8 kb/s (2.2%) Current In:2478.0 kb/s (2.5%) Max Out:11.0 Mb/s (11.0%) Average Out:232.6 kb/s (0.2%) Current Out:0.0 b/s (0.0%)

[RayWomack]

You are running 40% of a 10mpbs connection. You have bursts that are higher than 10mpbs, but not regulararly.

I would find a DC that gave you a 5mpbs commit and a 100mpbs burst rate.