[mrtg] Re: Total of bytes

[Eduardo Gargiulo]

Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex at ergens.op.HET.NET> wrote:
[...]
> > This number is too big (I think) so I'm looking for some technical
> > explanation about my misunderstanding or error ;)
> 
> MRTG numbers usually are not too big.  In fact, due to rounding you
> probably get numbers slightly *smaller* than reality.  But don't
> forget what I wrote in the previous paragraph.
> 
> Are you sure you understand the difference between kilobits (Kb)
> and kilobytes (KB)?  Maybe you think bytes while you get presented
> bits?

Yes, I know the difference. The real magnitude are bytes, it was a
case-B typo, the graphs shows 'Bytes per Second' on y axis and the
average is 10.3kB/s (Upper case 'B'). So, my network have more traffic
that I'd thinked, that value means almost 900Mbytes a day!!

Thanks for your reply. 

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