Can anybody confirm my treshold isn't working?

[dennis00]

Hello,

Can anybody please tell me what normal digits for "normal treshold" should be when I want to be alerted when I go over 5mpbs?

The current numbers for "Current" say nothing to me. Where does this 468430.2024 come from?

[cigamit]

The current value is what is returned by the bandwidth data source script. It may be bits, it may be bytes, all depends on which one you selected.

[mokeybrains]

You need to convert that BIG number to the proper units (Mbps) and then it won't be so unwieldy.

How? Follow these steps!


Create a NEW CDEF:

• Click on CONSOLE
  Click on Graph Management
  Click on CDEFs
  in the upper right click the Add link
  In the NAME field, enter: bytes/s to Mbits/s
  You now have a CDEF that does nothing... so, start adding functions reverse polish style.
  Under CDEF ITEMS, click Add.
  Pick 'Special Data source' and 'current graph item data source'
  next Add a number: 125000
  then Add a function: /
  now this should be your new CDEF: cdef=CURRENT_DATA_SOURCE,125000,/

Apply the new CDEF to your threshold. Go back to the 'Editing your Threshold' page. Under Other settings select your newly created CDEF: bytes/s to Mbits/s

This conversion does Bytes to bits ( multiply by 8) and then converts to Mega ( divide by 1,000,000) in one step.
(That is where 125000 comes from... 1,000,000/8).

Some people use 1000000 bits to denote Mbits, other people use 2^20.
More info on Units

What is Reverse Polish??? I learned it in Engineering school for my calculator!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation

Cavet empor: note previous post: is your data source bytes OR bits? ... I find all mine are bytes.