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Should handle Counter64 metrics to get correct usage of high-speed network #1

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Currently, nwuCollect.sh polls ifInOctets/ifOutOctets, which are Counter32 and easily be circulated in high speed networks with long poll intervals.
Need to collect and calculate ifHCInOctets/ifHCOutOctets.

Counter32: 0..4294967295(2^32-1)

  • 10Mbps: circulated in 3,436 sec
  • 100Mbps: circulated in 344 sec
  • 1Gbps: circulated in 34 sec

Counter64: 0..18446744073709551615(2^64-1)

  • 1Gbps: circulated in 147,573,952,590 sec
  • 10Gbps: circulated in 14,757,395,259 sec
  • 100Gbps: circulated in 1,475,739.526 sec (~17,000 days)

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