[ale] iptraf / bandwidth monitoring

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

You could load net-snmp on the server and use MRTG locally or even at a
remote location to monitor.

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 13:47 -0500, Charles Brian Quinn wrote:
> Just a semi-linux related, semi-off-topic quick question for those who 
> work in/for/around data centers.
> 
> For dedicated servers or collocated servers in data centers, what tools 
> are used to monitor bandwidth usage?
> 
> Let's just say, for instance that I have a dedicated server with a 200 
> GB transfer (and $0.89 per GB thereafter) included in the "dedicated 
> hosting" plan.  A friend puts up his portfolio on said server and it is 
> immensely popular.  4 days later and 35 GB of web traffic transfers 
> (webstats show), not to mention other ssh/rsync traffic, I'm starting to 
> worry about going over that 200 GB transfer limit, having never come 
> close ever before.
> 
> How is web traffic versus rsync/ssh versus dns versus any IP traffic 
> monitored, and is there any way on the (linux-based) server itself to do 
> this type of passive monitoring/logging (iptraf, maybe), to compare to 
> the provider's when I get the bill for the next month?
> 
> Thanks,