On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 03:03:55PM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > Anyone who has managed a network knows that when you look at your > MRTG/Cacti graphs at 5min, 10min ,15min intervals - all looks well. > Start looking at 1sec intervals and you will see spikes that hit > 100% of capacity - even on networks running at 25% average > utilization.
As sampling rate approaches zero, so will the "spikyness" of the graph--ultimately an interface is either sending a frame (100%) or it's not (0%). -cjp
