Accuracy of Peak/Avg utilization graphs

I am researching our frame-relay network on a per circuit and pvc basis to determine proper bandwidth and CIR needs and need accurate min/max peak/avg utilization charts. I've been monitoring our frame network for a couple of months with Orion and the utilization seems a lot lower than when I was using Solarwinds engineers additional of Network Performance Monitor. Is there anything I need to do on the router's Serial interface (like modifying the load interval) or within SYstem Manager's polling / statistics section to make things even more accurate and exact? I believe the 'avg' plots are correct on Orion's graphs but the peaks don't seem to be instantaneous enough.

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You might want to check the Interface Statistics polling interval.
Each interface can be set individually on the Interface Details page in Orion System Manager. I would offer that a 5 minute interval should give you a good indication of the peaks (that's what I use on our busy links, 15 minutes for all else).

Tip; you can view, sort and manage all your interfaces using the "View" tab in the System Manager app. I created a View that includes the interface stats polling setting.
You can sort be any field, then once you have found your interfaces, right click on the interface & select "Interface details" so that you can edit the bandwidth & polling timers
without searching through 100's of nodes & 1000's of interfaces.

-=Cheers=-
NG