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The following guide explains the data usage consumption aspects of probing traffic for different probing methods.
Data usage for probing with path discovery enabled is minimal and unlikely to degrade the network performance of most commercial internet deployments. For example, ICMP probing between an agent and target every 30 seconds consumes only 7.5 MB in monthly egress traffic.
Speed test data usage is significantly greater.
Example data usage for an SEI deployment in an Enterprise location:
Continous Path Probing | |
---|---|
ICMP Packet Size | 58 bytes |
Probing Interval | 60 seconds |
Data Usage Per Day Per Target | 84KB |
Path Discovery | |
Packet Width | 114 bytes |
Hops | 20 |
Attempts | 3 |
Interval | 1 hour |
Data Usage Per Day Per Target | 164KB |
Speed Test 100Mbps | |
Duration | 8 seconds |
Test Payload | 100MB |
Interval | 6 hours |
Data Usage Per Day | 400MB |
Estimated Monthly Data Consumption
Agents | Targets | Data Usage | |
---|---|---|---|
ICMP agent-to-server probing | 5 | 10 | 125.28MB |
Path Discovery | 5 | 10 | 246.24MB |
Speed Test | 5 | 1 | 60,000MB |
60.37GB |
Data usage estimation guide
Use the following data usage guidance to understand the general data usage requirements of ICMP, UDP, and Speed Test probing.
Probing Mode | Payload Size (bytes) | Packet size (bytes) |
---|---|---|
ICMP | 16 | 58 (14byte ethernet header + 20 byte IP Header + 8 byte ICMP Header + 16 byte payload) |
UDP | 40 | 82 (14byte ethernet header + 20 byte IP Header + 8 byte UDP Header + 40 byte payload) |
HTTP | Variable | Variable |
Speed Test | Variable | See Speed Test Data Usage for sizes of 100Mbs internet speed test configurations |
Several factors create variability in the amount of data an HTTP probing event consumes. These include:
Because of these factors, data usage guidance is not provided for HTTP probing.
Probing Mode | Interval 60s | Interval 30s | Interval 10s | Interval 5s | Interval 1s | Interval 500ms | Interval 100ms |
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ICMP | 83.52KB | 167.04KB | 501.12KB | 1MB | 5.01MB | 10.02MB | 50.1MB |
UDP | 118.08KB | 236.16KB | 708.48KB | 1.41MB | 7.08MB | 14.16MB | 70.84MB |
Note: (60s interval = 58 * 60 * 24 = 83.52 KB)
Probing Mode | Interval 60s | Interval 30s | Interval 10s | Interval 5s | Interval 1s | Interval 500ms | Interval 100ms |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ICMP | 2.5MB | 5.01MB | 15.03MB | 30.06MB | 150.3MB | 300.6MB | 1.5 GB |
UDP | 3.54MB | 7.08MB | 21.25MB | 42.3MB | 212.4MB | 424.8MB | 2.12 GB |
Note: Ingress data usage is similar to egress data usage for ICMP and UDP
Internet Speed | Duration | Per Test | Period | Interval 1 Hour | Interval 6 Hours | Interval 12 Hours | Interval 24 Hours |
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100Mbps | 3 sec | 37.5MB | Per Day | 900MB | 150MB | 75MB | 37.5MB |
Per Month | 27GB | 4.5GB | 2.25GB | 1.125GB | |||
8 sec | 100GB | Per Day | 2.4GB | 400MB | 200MB | 100MB | |
Per Month | 72GB | 12GB | 6GB | 3GB | |||
10 sec | 125GB | Per Day | 3GB | 500MB | 250MB | 125MB | |
Per Month | 90GB | 15GB | 7.5GB | 3.75GB | |||
1Gbps | 3 sec | 375MB | Per Day | 9GB | 1.5GB | 750MB | 375MB |
Per Month | 270GB | 45GB | 22.5GB | 11.25GB | |||
8 sec | 1GB | Per Day | 24GB | 4GB | 2GB | 1GB | |
Per Month | 720GB | 120GB | 60GB | 30GB | |||
10 sec | 1.25GB | Per Day | 30GB | 5GB | 2.5GB | 1.25GB | |
Per Month | 900GB | 150GB | 75GB | 37.5GB | |||
10Gbps | 3 sec | 3.75GB | Per Day | 90GB | 15GB | 7.5GB | 3.75GB |
Per Month | 2700GB | 450GB | 225GB | 112.5GB | |||
8 sec | 10GB | Per Day | 240GB | 40GB | 20GB | 10GB | |
Per Month | 7200GB | 1200GB | 600GB | 300GB | |||
10 sec | 12.5GB | Per Day | 300GB | 50GB | 25GB | 12.5GB | |
Per Month | 9000GB | 1500GB | 750GB | 375GB |
Number of Hops | Per Attempt | Per Test (3 Attempts) | Period | Interval 1 Hour | Interval 6 Hours | Interval 12 Hours | Interval 24 Hours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 10 * 82 = 0.82KB | 2.46KB | Per Day | 59.04KB | 9.84KB | 4.92KB | 2.46KB |
Per Month | 1.77MB | 295 KB | 147.6KB | 73.8 KB | |||
20 | 1.64KB | 4.92KB | Per Day | 118.08KB | 19.68KB | 9.84KB | 4.92KB |
Per Month | 3.44MB | 590 KB | 295 KB | 147.6 KB | |||
30 | 2.46KB | 7.38KB | Per Day | 177 KB | 29.5 KB | 14.76 KB | 7.38 KB |
Per Month | 5.31 MB | 885 KB | 443 KB | 221.4 KB |
Number of Hops | Per Attempt | Per Test (3 Attempts) | Period | Interval 1 Hour | Interval 6 Hours | Interval 12 Hours | Interval 24 Hours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 10 * 114 = 1.14 KB | 3.42KB | Per Day | 82.08KB | 13.68KB | 6.84KB | 3.42KB |
Per Month | 2.46MB | 410 KB | 205 KB | 103 KB | |||
20 | 2.28KB | 6.84KB | Per Day | 164.16KB | 27.36KB | 13.68KB | 6.84KB |
Per Month | 4.92MB | 821KB | 410KB | 205KB | |||
30 | 3.42KB | 10.26KB | Per Day | 246.e2KB | 41.04KB | 20.52KB | 10.26KB |
Per Month | 7.38MB | 1.23MB | 615.6KB | 307.8KB |
Note: Packet Length = 114 (14 byte ethernet header + 20 byte IP Header + 8 byte UDP Header + 72 byte payload)
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