[asterisk-users] OT: Bandwidth calculations

[Andrew Latham]

ISP 10% rule is what you are asking about....

expected that average usage is 10% of total subscribers with bursts higher....


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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Randy R <randulo2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know some of you are very experienced  as to the working of
> networks. I wondered whether there is some accepted way of determining
> bandwidth needs based on the network traffic over time. For example,
> looking at the figures for the network traffic through the server
> interface, we have hourly, daily and monthly figures. If everything
> were linear, taking the hourly figure and dividing it by 3600 (or the
> daily by divided 3600*24) would give us the required bps, but this
> average is pretty meaningless.
>
> Those of you who have experience and education in this area, where can
> I look for guidance (links?) and do you have any rules of thumb you'd
> care to share? I'm actually looking for this for a web server not
> VoiP, but any info is welcome.
>
> It seems obvious to me that taking the per second average and
> multiplying it by some kind of seat of the pants number must give a
> decent idea? WHat is that magic number?
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> /r
>
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