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    Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      You mean besides the ones they have back end deals with for selling?

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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        @dashrender said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

        You mean besides the ones they have back end deals with for selling?

        Uh yeah sure. I was more specifically looking for software monitoring solutions to see how "healthy" the network is.

        If that makes sense.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          A better way to ask your question might be - what tools do you use to find the current state of the network? This way we aren't worried about a solution or products, but instead trying to determine if there even is a real issue.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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            @dashrender ok. What tools do you use to find the current state of the network?

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
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              Any kind of bandwidth graphing tool coughZabbix*cough that will let you monitor the network switches for bandwidth, packet loss, and ping times.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @dafyre
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                @dafyre said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                Any kind of bandwidth graphing tool coughZabbix*cough that will let you monitor the network switches for bandwidth, packet loss, and ping times.

                So much effort to get that going again. . . didn't yourself or @JaredBusch write a guide on standing Zabbix up?

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @DustinB3403
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                  @dustinb3403 said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                  @dafyre said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                  Any kind of bandwidth graphing tool coughZabbix*cough that will let you monitor the network switches for bandwidth, packet loss, and ping times.

                  So much effort to get that going again. . . didn't yourself or @JaredBusch write a guide on standing Zabbix up?

                  @JaredBusch wrote the easy to follow one.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    No tools needed most of the time. Your backbone needs to be upgraded when the existing backbone is saturated to the point of impacting system performance. Human observation and the reporting from your existing switches will tell you that.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      If you only have dumb backbone components, then it is just intuition.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                        If you only have dumb backbone components, then it is just intuition.

                        Yeah, this is what I have relied upon mostly.

                        Had a location that had a broadcast storm whenever the doc was in the office. Turned out the NIC on his PC had failed and was bringing the network to its knees.

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @DustinB3403
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                          @dustinb3403 said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                          @dafyre said in Calculating Network Backbone Bandwidth Requirements:

                          Any kind of bandwidth graphing tool coughZabbix*cough that will let you monitor the network switches for bandwidth, packet loss, and ping times.

                          So much effort to get that going again. . . didn't yourself or @JaredBusch write a guide on standing Zabbix up?

                          Not really that much effort. It's quick to setup and you can probably find an snmp template for your switches.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            It's a Zabbix kind of day around here.

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                            • Mike DavisM
                              Mike Davis
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                              As a MSP, when you walk in and see unmanaged switches under desks, you kind of know what needs to happen. 🙂

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                              • Mike DavisM
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                                Last week I was onsite and uncovered a 100 Mb switch. The bonus was the 20 year old print controller hooked to it.

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