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  • chupacabra
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2002
    • 3626
    #1

    *Nix Utility for monitoring total bw usage (monthly)?

    hi fellow webmasters, i am in need of a utility that i can install on our server that will monitor the total amount of bandwidth burned for a monthly period (in gigabytes)... we currently pay a flat fee for a 20Mb/s capped line, and are not sure if we are getting the great deal we think we are.

    we'd like to see what the total of used bandwidth is to calculate whether we should just be buying uncapped bw from now on, so any information about this would be great... we are running freeBSD on our co-lo, btw... thx all..!
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    • m0rph3us
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2001
      • 2033
      #2
      bandmin


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        • JFPdude
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2002
          • 4027
          #3
          Your host isn't supplying you with mrtg stats ?


          If not you may want to talk to me ... if they cannot prove your bandwidth how are they billing you?

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            • heymatty
              Confirmed User
              • Oct 2001
              • 2188
              #4
              yep mrtg graph tells you want you need

              Do they tell you if you cap out ever?

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                • RK
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 868
                  #5
                  Originally posted by JFPdude
                  If not you may want to talk to me ... if they cannot prove your bandwidth how are they billing you?
                  It appears they bill based on a cap line, 20 Mb/s as chupacabra mentioned so there is no need to show how many GB have been transferred.

                  chupacabra, there are many ways to measure bandwidth usage. MRTG is one of the good ones and is relatively easy to setup, you might even be able to setup it on your server if your host gives you access to the switch.

                  You could use the Apache logs, but these tend to be off by 10% or more, same with bandmin. There are also some Apache modules you could try using and although these allow you to do some interesting things (cap bandwidth per site/directory/file/file type/local user/remote user/IP/referral etc.) they are also somewhat off compared to the actual bandwidth.

                  If you need some help setting it up or would like to know more about some of the amazing things that can be done on a dedicated server related to bandwidth management, feel free to contact me.
                  Does anyone look down here?

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                    • dantheman
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                      • May 2002
                      • 3308
                      #6
                      u burning that much bw you should have ALL tools available to you from your host!
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                        • Dusen
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                          • Aug 2002
                          • 2251
                          #7
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                            • NetRodent
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2002
                              • 3985
                              #8
                              Originally posted by RK

                              chupacabra, there are many ways to measure bandwidth usage. MRTG is one of the good ones and is relatively easy to setup, you might even be able to setup it on your server if your host gives you access to the switch.
                              If you have your own server, you don't need access to the switch
                              to see how much bandwidth you're using. Try reading the file /proc/net/dev

                              You should see how many bytes were sent in and out on each of your network devices. You can either configure mrtg to use that info, or write your own script to do the calculations.
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                                • RK
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 868
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by NetRodent


                                  If you have your own server, you don't need access to the switch
                                  to see how much bandwidth you're using. Try reading the file /proc/net/dev
                                  You are right, but you have to admit setting up MRTG to use basic SNMP with default config is much easier than reading and interpreting /proc/net/dev Also using the switch data will save a little bit of resources on the server and might be slightly more accurate.

                                  Originally posted by dantheman
                                  u burning that much bw you should have ALL tools available to you from your host!
                                  What do you mean? Are you suggesting running everything at the same time?
                                  Does anyone look down here?

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                                    • rnicey
                                      Registered User
                                      • Sep 2002
                                      • 37
                                      #10
                                      Depending on your kernel version, try:

                                      ifconfig eth0
                                      eg.

                                      [root@plain root]# ifconfig
                                      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13: DE:31:61:31
                                      inet addr:x.x.x.x Bcast:x.x.x.x Mask:255.255.254.0
                                      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
                                      RX packets:14003481 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                                      TX packets:4449232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:7 carrier:0
                                      collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
                                      RX bytes:3443282835 (3283.7 Mb)
                                      TX bytes:3747839100 (3574.2 Mb)

                                      Last 2 lines are probably (maybe : ) what you want.

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                                        • artware
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 268
                                          #11
                                          Robert,

                                          Those ifconfig stats you show actually roll over at 4 GB, so they are not very useful if you want to see how much GB's you transfer in total.

                                          They can be used if you read them regularly (every 10 minutes or so) and use the resulting data with something like MRTG though.

                                          Greetings,

                                          Art

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