Re: Measuring throughput

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> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Sean Whitney
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 02:05
> To: Cricket List
> Subject: [cricket-users] Measuring throughput
> 
> what I'm not sure I understand it bytes = true.
>
> ...
>
>      The numbers on the vertical axis of a graph are scaled 
> by powers  
> of 2 if the bytes tag is set to true for any of the datasources on  
> the graph.
> 
> However when I look else where on the net.  It's very clear that  
> network traffic is measure in base 10.

Most of this is irrelevant. Cricket just represents the data it is
given. bytes = true only affects the way cricket does it's rounding, so
either on a base 2 or a base 10. The right choice for true or false here
is the way your equipment gives the data. If your data is collected in
base 2, then it should be set to bytes = true.

Most network gear spits out it's data in base 2 (and octets, not bits),
even if they call it kilo instead of kibi or whatever.

To answer your question: for most usage scenarios at the present day the
default is correct.

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