Use the
following table to estimate how much of the LAN traffic on the system
will be comprised of email messages (including email with attached
components).
LAN Impact of Email Messaging
| Component
|
Size
|
|---|
| Voice
|
60 seconds = 480 1-KB packets
|
| Fax
|
3 pages = 145 1-KB packets
|
| Email
|
5 KB = 5.5 1-KB packets
|
| Attachments, including email attachments
|
around 150 KB (file size varies by type of file and contents)
|