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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was just wondering if anyone knows if anything is out there that checks latency and sets threshholds by itself? Ie. The check continuously checks latency to a host and notices if the latency goes up significantly (say, by a percentage of the ‘normal’ value)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve tried to write something like this myself but I get stuck on two things:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>How do you make it allow for situations where the latency increases to a new level for a long period of time?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>How do you detect what the ‘good’ value is?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assume that the measured latency will always keep the same value (on average) if nothing else is affecting it. That is, there is some unknown value for the latency that is considered ‘normal’, the script works out this value during it’s operation and then uses that value to work out if the measured latency is too high.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Sam Kidman</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>IT Support Officer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>T:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> 08 9225 0944</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img width=570 height=142 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC640A.3BBCEEF0" alt="Description: panres"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>