From: rse@angle.cyvaned.sub.org (Ralf S. Engelschall)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.uucp
Subject: Re: uutraf
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:01:43 GMT
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Reply-To: rse@angle.cyvaned.sub.org
Organization: Cyvaned Systems
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In article <f+Nmr*8Y0@cecily.UUCP>, Cory Cohen writes:

> > >   Ok, ok - I will change the CPS calculation in UUTRAF in the next
> > > release!  But I think, CPS rates lower than e.g.  50 should only ignored
> > > if your total connection time is lower than e.g.  one minute or if the
> > > tranferred data is lower then e.g.  10 KB also.  Would it be ok if I do
> > > the calculation in this way?
> >
> > Ah I guess it would be good.  Does anyone else have anything to add to
> > this?  What is the standard for calculating around these types of
> > connections?
> >
>
> I think that connections should only be discarded if zero files were
> transferred.  If you connect and receive only one 2K mail message,
> your CPS will be not be great, but that's tough. The connection wasn't
> any less real.  The exception for zero files is because waits during
> login can result in TOTALLY unrealistic CPS rates.
>
> While we're at it...
> I would like to see an option that gives me some control over the time
> frame being reported against. (e.g. Last month, Last week, Jun 1992, etc)
> The alternative is to trim the xferstat file to include only the times
> you want reported, but this is a pain... Anybody else think so?

Ok, I think UUTRAF should become some options:

"-f"   [from]    date the report starts
"-t"   [to]      date the report ends

to support a time range.

  And per default UUTRAF will nothing ignore for calculation except
entries with transferred_data_in_and_out=0/cps_in_and_out=0 but will
count all bad entries.

And the UUTRAF report will change from


UUTraf Host Status on angle                         Tue Jul 21 11:22:36 1992

Remote   -----------K-Bytes----------- ----Hours---- --Avg CPS-- ---Files---
 Host         Recv      Sent     Total   Recv   Sent  Recv  Sent  Recv  Sent
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- ----- -----
cyvaned    15612.6    4980.6   20593.2  124.3    9.0    34   153   849   288
brumuc     43617.6    2622.0   46239.6   20.3    1.4   595   505  4053   496
bofe         519.6      31.0     550.6    0.4    0.1   351    76    93    34
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- ----- -----
Total      59749.8    7633.6   67383.3  145.1   10.6   245   183  4995   818


to


UUTraf Host Status on angle                          Tue Jul 21 11:22:36 1992

Remote   ---------K-Bytes-------- --Hours-- --Avg CPS-- ---Files--- -Connect-
 Host       Recv    Sent   Total  Recv Sent  Recv  Sent  Recv  Sent Total Bad
-------- ------- ------- -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---
cyvaned    15612    4980    20593  124    9    34   153   849   288   XXX YY%
brumuc     43617    2622    46239   20    1   595   505  4053   496   XXX YY%
bofe         519      31      550    0    0   351    76    93    34   XXX YY%
-------- ------- ------- -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---
Total      59749    7633    67383  145   10   245   183  4995   818   XXX YY%


Is this what you all want?

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