Why do SNMP network counters roll at 32-bit integers in RHEL?
Issue
- We observed that the counters in /proc/net/snmp seem to roll at 32bit (ie > 2147483647)
- We hit this number every couple days and it messes up some monitoring and checking we do.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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