The use of units in the reply variable is varying, which can sometimes cause confusions:
The following examples may illustrate this
Traffic Monitor: Threshold "Kbits/sec" - Reply "Kbit"
Traffic Monitor: Threshold "MB/sec" - Reply "Mb"
SNMP Get: Threshold "increases/sec" - Reply without unit
File Size: Threshold "Mb" - Reply "Kb"
Suggestions:
a) the unit displayed in the reply should be the same as in the test properties threshold. Especially for "Normal/Warning"-expressions it is very helpful NOT to have varying units (otherwise 900 kB is calculated to be more than 1 MB)
b) KiloBytes (MegaBytes etc) should always be abbreviated as KB, as Kb is reserved for KiloBits (to securely avoid confusion the latter should be denoted as Kbits)
c) The traffic monitor should have the option to select Mbits/sec and Gbits/sec, as these units are frequently used for network throughput.
Regards
Thomas
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thomasschmeidl
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You are right - the file sizes are evaluated correctly - sorry!If you want to modify something in software, please use Wish List forum.a) the unit displayed in the reply should be the same as in the test properties threshold. Especially for "Normal/Warning"-expressions it is very helpful NOT to have varying units (otherwise 900 kB is calculated to be more than 1 MB)
c) The traffic monitor should have the option to select Mbits/sec and Gbits/sec, as these units are frequently used for network throughput.
Use "Problems and Bugs" forum when something works incorrectly.
Regards
Alex