Wondering if anyone has a good method of predicting the capacity of a network? For example, I have a completely controlled network on a SCADA system, so I know exactly how many floats, bools, integers, etc will be going across the network and how often based on schedules. Is there away to say to calculate how loaded the network is. Like say it is 60% loaded. Using bits/s on protocol hierarchy, packet lengths, etc. It doesn't even have to be exact, like something within 5-10% accurate. Any thoughts or ideas on the best way to tackle this? We are constantly adding more data points and just would like to have a proactive response based on data when to upgrade a connection.
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