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I have 200 MEG internet connection and recently due to business demands and changes they want to transmit in and out close to 1000 packets each will be 1 MB = 6000 MB worth of transaction over 8 hours daily, I want to know how to put this in a calculator to check if I will have enough bandwidth.
Can any of the experts recommend how to check this type of demand against the bandwidth and determine utilization consumption/
Thank you,
I have 200 MEG internet connection and recently due to business demands and changes they want to transmit in and out close to 1000 packets each will be 1 MB = 6000 MB worth of transaction over 8 hours daily, I want to know how to put this in a calculator to check if I will have enough bandwidth.
Can any of the experts recommend how to check this type of demand against the bandwidth and determine utilization consumption/
Thank you,
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That's all good I want to know if there is a tool that calculate the utilization form 1 mb to 6000 mb.
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I am thinking that a packet is not a ip packet, but maybe an amount of data, say a 1MB PDF. But that said, but sure how that becomes 6GB and not 1GB?
Either way a 200mbps should be fine, even minor congestion aside. I would only have two concerns:
1. Even though it is over 8 hours, you are trying push the data in small windows, ie scheduled batches that kick off at 8AM, 9AM, 10AM ect.
2. You are already utilizing your bandwidth and the additional overhead is not there.
Try taking a look at something like PRTG. If you have a decent router with SNMP support you can pull stats and see how the bandwidth is being used. Other options like netflow exist as well. The carrier may provide stats too.
Either way a 200mbps should be fine, even minor congestion aside. I would only have two concerns:
1. Even though it is over 8 hours, you are trying push the data in small windows, ie scheduled batches that kick off at 8AM, 9AM, 10AM ect.
2. You are already utilizing your bandwidth and the additional overhead is not there.
Try taking a look at something like PRTG. If you have a decent router with SNMP support you can pull stats and see how the bandwidth is being used. Other options like netflow exist as well. The carrier may provide stats too.
How many users would these transactions involved?
Are you currently monitoring bandwidth using tools such as PRTG or NetFlow ?
Are you currently monitoring bandwidth using tools such as PRTG or NetFlow ?
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Thanks for the catch on bits v bytes and other proofreading. 30 minutes to type that response between calls/etc. tend to get things garbled.
1) Bandwidth isn't really an issue, because TCP arranges for any level of connection saturation/usage to work.
2) People inside your network may experience lags, depending on type of transfers being run, priority of transfers, QOS settings of hardware inside network.
For example, you could to persistent rsyncs or database replication, with your QOS set to prefer VOIP calls...
In this case, your VOIP calls would prioritize over rsync + database replication, so when ever a call occurred, any other I/O would run slower to allow calls to occur with high fidelity.
So the real answer will likely be to use good QOS settings + ignore other considerations.
For additional detail, provide more description of exact types of transfers which will be occurring + time of day they occur + if there's any requirement for background transfers to complete in any required time frame.