interpreting netstat

From: Robert Huff (roberthuff_at_rcn.com)
Date: 06/23/04

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            Poking around the system, I discovered the "m" option to
    netstat and got this:

    261 mbufs in use
    74/17088 mbuf clusters in use (current/max)
    0/4/4528 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max)
    213 KBytes allocated to network
    0 requests for sfbufs denied
    0 requests for sfbufs delayed
    0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
    935 calls to protocol drain routines

            ... which would be a lot more useful if I had a reference
    standard. Which I can't seen to find.
            This was taken on a system which has had minimal network
    traffic for several hours. How would I expect things to change as
    load increased? What are the warning signs the network is
    approaching saturation?

                            Robert "happy to just be curious" Huff

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