> I've looked through the archive of the mailing list and found nothing
> that helped me on this.
> 
It is there ...
No problem. Read on.

> What I'd like to know is what options will give me the appropriate
> results for this?  Using Gauge? or not?  Should I have it in bits or
> bytes?  Should I have AbsMax or not?
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a gauge or a counter.  Perhaps I'm getting
> confused here. As far as I know:
> Counter:  will just add the difference and show it on the next poll.
> Guage: will reset everyt time it's polled?
> 

NOTE: it is gauge, not guage !


Have a look at my previous answer on this list (something 'bout lotus
notes) then return here again.

Counter:  rate = (delta value)/(delta time)
Absolute: rate = (current value)/(delta time)
Gauge:    rate = (current value)

Errors per second are neither bits nor bytes. Use the default. This is
what makes it into the database and option bits would just multiply
that by eight.
AbsMax and MaxBytes can only be used if you know the maxima ...
Normally you would want to use a normal counter for this kind of OID,
however you do not want over 300 errors per second....
Therefore it will always be rounded down to zero.
Look at perminute and perhour.

Regards,
Alex