1 Oct 2007 08:50
Re: Measuring throughput
Richman, Marc <mrichman <at> atg.com>
2007-10-01 06:50:29 GMT
2007-10-01 06:50:29 GMT
You are right on the collection side(1), the number is the same regardless of base, but it does make a difference when interpreting the data, does kilo mean 10^3 or 2^10? Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibi-#IEC_standard_prefixes (1) Things can get confusing if incrementing the counter by 1 indicates a 1kb or larger increase Marc -----Original Message----- From: cricket-users-bounces <at> lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:cricket-users-bounces <at> lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Sean Whitney Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:22 PM To: Cricket List Subject: Re: [cricket-users] Measuring throughput Sometimes I'm a little thick(Continue reading)I guess I don't understand. If a SNMP octet counter has incremented from 24 to 48, that says to me that 24 octets of data have passed. If I multiple that by 8 I get 192 bits. I don't understand where the difference between base 2 and base 10 come into play. 192 decimal or 1100 0000 binary is still the same number. SNMP is returning a base 10 number, so I don't understand the point about collection in base 2 or base 10.
I guess I don't understand.
If a SNMP octet counter has incremented from 24 to 48, that says to
me that 24 octets of data have passed. If I multiple that by 8 I get
192 bits. I don't understand where the difference between base 2 and
base 10 come into play. 192 decimal or 1100 0000 binary is still the
same number.
SNMP is returning a base 10 number, so I don't understand the point
about collection in base 2 or base 10.
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