Monitor Web Bandwidth
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Need to monitor actual throughput of our internet link. Performance seems to slow, but I cannot prove it. I can do a spot test to a bandwidth site, but I would like results over time.
The HTTP sensors give msec but not KB
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Dear John,
monitoring the available bandwidth is a bit tricky. Our CEO explains why in the following two blog-posts:
Best Regards.
Mar, 2011 - Permalink
Monitoring - Part 2
Is exactly what I need. I only want to run a test every hour and a 500K file is big enough.
Have the available servers, and architecture.
Thanks
Mar, 2011 - Permalink
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Dear John,
monitoring the available bandwidth is a bit tricky. Our CEO explains why in the following two blog-posts:
Best Regards.
Mar, 2011 - Permalink