Don't know that you will find any such "hard" doc but remember link utilizations are percentages over a variable time. Data traffic has wide variations with temporary large peaks or bursts. When you start getting high averages you don't have much room for these bursts and you start dropping packets, hence network degredation.
Dave "McMasters, Eric" wrote: > > To all, > I'm monitoring a network and I'm seeing high network utilization > levels on the main (only) network segment. My question is that I've always > heard the rule is 60-70% and your in trouble and can start experiencing > network degradation. Now my question is where can I find this in writing? > I've been searching CCO and other Internet sites for the better part of a > day now and I haven't found anything stating what percentage falls within > the "best practices / industry standard" arena. > > I know that I have read this info in books, but again I think it just states > this as a rule of thumb. I know all networks are different and the > saturation number may change depending on how many collisions are occurring > etc., but I'm at a loss trying to find this info anywhere. Any assistance > would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks and I hope everyone has a great > day!! > > Eric -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21908&t=21884 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
