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wayney_128269
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Mar 28, 2008

Data Transfer

If I wanted to measure the amount of data transfered for a particular node over a 30 day period, how would I do this?

 

 

thanks

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  • Here's the manual way:

     

     

    If it's for a specific node, then you'll want to use the LocalLB::NodeAddress::get_statistics() method and pull out STATISITCS_BYTES_IN and store that in an external database/file/etc. 30 days later, query the same statistic and subtract the two.

     

     

    Another option is to just zero out the statistics with the LocalLB::NodeAddress::reset_statistics() on day zero and then query that stat on any given day after day zero and that will be your total.

     

     

    If you are asking if the BIG-IP keeps this information, then I think the answer is no. We do keep some global statistics over time but not on a node by node basis.

     

     

    Hope this helps!

     

     

    -Joe
  • Will the Bytes IN counter rollover back to zero at some point?

     

     

    Also, is Bytes IN\OUT available via SNMP?

     

     

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  • The counters are 64 bit numbers so they will roll over at 2^64 which is 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes. So the answer is yes, but it will take a while.

     

     

    As for stats via SNMP, I know that stats are available, and I'm almost positive they are available on a node address level. I just couldn't tell you where to look for them in the MIB.

     

     

    -Joe