On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 11:55:45AM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote: > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, Nick Hilliard wrote: > >In order to get a really good idea of what's going on at a microburst > >level, you would need to poll as often as it takes to fill the buffer > >of the port in question. This is not feasible in the general case, > >which is why we resort to hacks like QoS to make sure that when there > >is congestion, it is handled semi-sensibly. > > Or some enterprising vendor could start recording utilisation stats?
do any router vendors provide something akin to hardware latches to keep track of highest buffer fill levels? poll as frequently/infrequently as you like... -- Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agr...@poofygoof.com
