HostVentures
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Colocation
COLOCATION GLOSSARY
Transfer/month
This refers to the total amount of data transferred to and from your
site each month, including web, FTP, email, and all other traffic.
Example: Every time one of your web pages is viewed by someone on the
internet, the size of that page goes towards your bandwidth usage.
Below is an example of how many times a page would have to be viewed
to reach 20GB of transfer
Page size 30kb = 349,525 views
Page size 40kb = 262,144 views
Page size 50kb = 209,715 views
Page size 60kb = 174,762 views
What is a "U"? (Unit of measurement for Colocation)
1U = 1.75" of Vertical Rack Space 2U = 3.5" of Vertical Rack Space 3U = 5.25" of Vertical Rack Space 4U = 7.00" of Vertical Rack Space.
MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher)
A tool used to monitor the traffic load on network-links. MRTG generates
HTML pages containing GIF images which provide a LIVE visual representation
of this traffic. Here is a sample of an MRTG graph:
95th Percentile Explained
Samples of your actual bandwidth usage are taken every five minutes
from your VLAN port on the switch, utilizing Cybergauge Bandwidth Reporting.
The program then averages the totals and posts the result as a five-minute
usage point on your report. Over the month, we will continue to plot
the five-minute averages, which total about 8,640 points plotted on
the graph.
We then take the top five percent of your usage (432 points,
or 36 hours) and throw it out!
Your usage is determined based upon
the highest remaining usage plotted. This method of billing provides
you with a number of advantages. Any usage bursts that are untypical
of your bandwidth requirements are not charged to you, and this equates
to receiving approximately your highest 36 hours of bandwidth usage
free each month.
We then give you access via the web to view your Daily,
Weekly, Monthly and MRTG graph reports at any time. If your package(s)
include a specific amount of bandwidth, any overage(s) will be billed
at your contracted rate at end of the calendar month.
HostVentures'
dedicated-based bandwidth is a burstable access, which uses the "sustained
usage" formula to determine the monthly access rate. At the end of
each month of service, based on readings taken every 5 minutes, which
are placed in ascending order, the 95th percentile is determined as
the "sustained usage rate".
