That depends on the network configuration though. If you have redundant links and one link is at 65% and the other is at 35% or more you won't be able to get through a circuit flap or outage without dropping packets.
2011/11/17 Karl Clapp <kcl...@staff.gwi.net> > Ideally, when our 95th-percentile hits 65% utilization, we begin the > pricing and planning process and its up on peoples radar. Once the > 95th-percentile hits 80-85% we start planning the maintenance and execute > the upgrades. I say ideally, because in a perfect world this would happen > 100% of the time. > > We try to upgrade when the 95th is at 80-85%, because the 95th-percentiles > is based off 5-min polls, so I am sure traffic is spiking higher at peak > times. > > Cheers.. > > ~Karl > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Bielawa, Daniel Walter < > dwbiel...@liberty.edu> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > My team is in the process of putting some documentation > > together to justify a bandwidth upgrade. I am asking if you would be > > willing to reply back to me, with how you decide that it is time to > upgrade > > your bandwidth. On-line or off-line reply's will be acceptable. > > > > Thank You > > > > Daniel Bielawa > > Network Engineer > > Liberty University Network Services > > > > (434)592-7987 > > > > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY > > 40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011 > > > > > >
