Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:01:30 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Net device byte statistics |
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Denis,
@ $7K per card you will not have to worry for a while :-O
-a
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On 25 July 2003 03:22, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > In article <200307250156.47108.fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net> you wrote: > > > On the other hand, I cannot imagine that noone would have thought of it. What > > > is the reason for this? Is there another interface that I should use instead > > > of /proc/net/dev to gather byte statistics for interfaces? > > > > it is for performance reasons. You can > > > > a) collect your numbers more often and asume wrap/reboot if numbers > > decrease > > b) use iptables counters instead > > > > BTW: it is a very often discussed topic, personally (as net tools > > maintainer) I would love to see 64bit counters here, but this still means > > you have to sample often enough, so you do not lose numbers on crash. > > I sample the data every minute. Will need to do it much more often > on 10ge ifaces, when those will appear at my home ;) > > Or we will need 64bit counters then. > -- > vda > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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