[mrtg] Re: 64 bit counters max bandwidth?

Gary W. Smith gary at primeexalia.com
Wed Jun 29 20:25:31 MEST 2005


Windows CALC, scifi mode:

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF


18,446,744,073,709,551,615

18m terabytes or maybe 9 signed?

But it wont break, it will just revert back to 0 and since it's
incremental you will miss a single 5 minute period before it start's the
delta change from 0 to the next iteration.


> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Barber, Erik A.
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:43 AM
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> Subject: [mrtg] 64 bit counters max bandwidth?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know the max bandwidth that can be monitored with 64 bit
> counters?  I've recently started monitoring 10 Gbps links, and was
> wondering how far I can go before it breaks.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erik
> 
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