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Re: [cobalt-security] traffic question




As a matter of fact, I have a simple one in place that works very well
for web-traffic.  In a MySQL database, 10,000 page views takes aprox 3MB
(we only record page views, not hits).  Periodically, we normalize this
so that it takes much less space than than.

Once done, it's very easy to create some real simple reports for
bandwidth, page-views in a period of time, etc.

We have it updating at approx 15 minute intervals, so that our reports
are near-time.  I'll bet you could knock out a solution workable for you
in a day or two.


Just what does the bandwidth tell you if all you are logging is page views. Most of the bandwidth on most sites doesn't come from the html, but from graphics, pdf files and the such. I sent out a newletter for a camera club, the servers email was about 30 times normal after one mailing of a pdf newsletter. The web had almost no page views.