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Originally Posted by BAILOPAN
Question for bandwidth gurus. Here's our stats for last month:
* Out: 830GB, 2.6mbps avg, 7mbps peak.
* In: 176GB, 538mbps avg, 1.1mbps peak.
* Total: ~1TB, 3mbps avg, 8mbps peak.
* At ThePlanet, in 2007, we had to upgrade to 100mbit because the site was too slow on 10mbit. We were using about 700GB/mo then.
If we *had* to pay per-1mbps, on a 95% percentile, what do you think would make sense for us?
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It's hard to tell with just peak and ave. Doing some obscene math on total:
5% of the month is only 36 hours. Over 30 days you can move 759GB at 3mbps. That leaves 265GB, which if it all moved at 8mbps, would take 94 hours; you would still be billed at 8mbps. If we assume a ave for peak data of 6 mbps, then it would take 126 hours; you would be billed at 6mpbs.
Seeing the bandwidth graph I think will help understanding if 95% is appropriate; even better would be to analyze the bandwidth log. I also suspect the 'peak' is the highest 5 minute average for the month.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing
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