Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 13:41:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Intuitive Design Archive <archive@in-design.com> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: Jack Wenger <info@bentreality.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clients per Bandwidth Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970525134050.14684A-100000@nero.in-design.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970524123241.00c97470@etinc.com>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, dennis wrote: > At 01:46 PM 5/24/97 +1000, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > >On Fri, 23 May 1997, Jack Wenger wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to figure out how many virtual domains to put on a 128 ISDN > >> connected box. I've got a P133 w/ 64Mb ram, and a good fast SCSI subsystem. > >> So, is there a decent way to figure out when I need to move up the > bandwidth > >> ladder? > >> In other words, I wanna know how many concurrent requests I can handle. We > >> DON'T have anyone dialing in, just hosting web sites. > > > >You can work it out yourself. Average request is 10-15 kbytes. > >128k ISDN can handle 60 MB/hour at 100%. To stay within the comfort range > >say 30 MB/hour, or 2-3000 requests/hour. > > > >It really is pretty basic mathematics, and you should also play around > >with the figures to work out how much each average request costs you to > >deliver in bandwidth terms. > > > >You should consider selling some *inbound* services (not a lot, but some) > >or else you will be only half utilising your paid-for capacity. > > Its basically a crapshoot (as you only need 1 "killer" site to trash the > whole > equation). A bandwidth manager can help eliminate this possibility and > also allow you to sell chunks of bandwidth and price your services > accordingly. what is a good bandwidth manager. If you don't have access to the router, or line...? Intuitive Design Archive http://www.in-design.com archive@in-design.com
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