Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 21:41:27 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 23:53:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 25, 2000 at 23:45:29, robert michelena wrote: > >>LOL. Too much. lol "to all morons..." > > >Just so you know... our campus ftp machine in CIS (the one I am responsible >for) has really attracted the attention of our campus network folks. :) > >They have noticed the following: > >(1) we are sustaining about 70mbits/second 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, non- >stop (downloads going out of the department). The majority of this is the >databases. > >(2) they used to could tell when Eugene would upload a new set of 5 piece >files, as they would see a big spike in net usage. The spike has been >smoothed out to a continual 70mbits/sec now, it seems. We are averaging about >40 ftp users non-stop, many sucking up the 6 piece files, which is amazing. > >(3) we have a campus traffic monitor, and it consistently has >juniper.cis.uab.edu at the very top of the list traffic-wise, this in a >university/medical center with over 20,000 employees and about that many >computers. > >We are _definitely_ noticed. And yes, before you ask, everyone knows what is >being downloaded "those big chess databases" as they are locally known. :) > >This download phenomenon is really amazing. I would never have guessed this >level of activity non-stop. The typical human has an infinite appetite for free food. I would have expected that anyone connected with a university would know this. bruce
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