Argus 2.0 Record Changes

[Peter Van Epp]

> 
> Hey Peter!
>    There are several ways to tackle the link utilization value
> that you are looking for, but I'm not sure exactly if I know
> what your fishing for, so lets try some possibilities.
> 
>    If your looking for just relative per flow link utilization.
> One way that you would do it, with any version of Argus, is
> to configure it to generate management records, which report
> total packets and bytes on the interface, at an interval that
> suits your needs, say every 60 seconds, or less.  This would
> give you the basic link utilization trend, and then you could
> compare the per flow utilization that can be derived from
> the actual flow records to decide whose the biggest, baddest
> flow during the interval.

	This is what I was looking for. Been there all along and I didn't know
it!

> 
>    If it is, "what percentage of the link utilization
> was contributed by this flow", well now there is a stat
> we could put into each flow record.  I would do it by noting
> the total interface packets and bytes at the start of the
> flow report, and the total interface packets and bytes at
> the end of the flow report, and dividing the difference
> into the totals for the flow.
> 

	This too would probably be interesting if it isn't to difficult to 
generate. The more data we have the better as far as I'm concerned!

>    Is this last stat what your interested in?
> 
> Carter
> 

Peter Van Epp / Operations and Technical Support 
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada