[nsp] cannot burst the line

Jared Mauch jared@puck.nether.net
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:52:16 -0400


	is this frame relay?

	if so, most telcos, etc.. have a 50% CIR (Commited Information Rate)
that allows you to burst up to 512k at times when there is capacity but
they only commit to giving you 50% of the full link speed.

	- jared

On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 02:47:12PM +0000, Felix Lee wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a 512K link, the link can be bursted to ceiling in day time.  I have 
> scheduled a job to copy around 3GB data from one end to another atthe night 
> time, and which was expected to be completed at around 13 to 14 hours, but 
> we have only got half of the volume transferred.  Monitoring by MRTG, we 
> found the utilization of the link is flat at around 220kbps during file 
> copying.  Can someone tell me why I cannot fully utilize the bandwidth?  
> How can I make it?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> FL
> 
> 
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