Comments on: Crunching numbers - is this any way to manage a network? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:17:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Labnuke99 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-12 Labnuke99 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:15:06 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-12 Actually the MRTG reports have less detail than what I generate with Excel. For example: Number samples: 1775 Min - IN: 23 Min - OUT: 6 Mean - IN: 218 Median - IN: 83 Mean - OUT: 436 Median - OUT: 135 St Dev - IN: 321 Max - IN:1826 St Dev - OUT: 528 Max - OUT: 2833 INBOUND: 91% of the business day is spent at Actually the MRTG reports have less detail than what I generate with Excel. For example:

Number samples: 1775
Min - IN: 23
Min - OUT: 6
Mean - IN: 218
Median - IN: 83
Mean - OUT: 436
Median - OUT: 135
St Dev - IN: 321
Max - IN:1826
St Dev - OUT: 528
Max - OUT: 2833

INBOUND: 91% of the business day is spent at

]]> By: Labnuke99 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-11 Labnuke99 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-11 Another thing to note is that the data I graph is from SNMP stats collected by the outsourced organization. Another thing to note is that the data I graph is from SNMP stats collected by the outsourced organization.

]]> By: Labnuke99 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-10 Labnuke99 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:20 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-10 The router management is outsourced. Thanks for the comment. The router management is outsourced. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Peterp http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-9 Peterp Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:53:07 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/crunching-numbers-is-this-any-way-to-manage-a-network/#comment-9 Is there a reason you aren't using MRTG, Cacti or any one of the many other tools available to do this? Is there a reason you aren’t using MRTG, Cacti or any one of the many other tools available to do this?

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