Could anyone offer suggestions on the best method to monitor the data being sent over a link? I have 2 Blade servers, 1 primary and a backup in the same location. I would like to move the backup to a different physical location and need to determine the link speed required for the backups from the primary. I was wondering if there was a way to monitor the traffic on a VLAN or would something like a SPAN have to be used on the entire physical port?
I would like to collect information such as the time the link is being utilized and the amount of data being sent over the link.
Thanks for any advice! -Mark