Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:52:59 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Keith Woodman" <keith@lightningweb.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Boot disk Message-ID: <199812152255.RAA29211@laker.net>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:56:17 -0800 (PST), Keith Woodman wrote: >Well. It's installing well now over the net at a scnat 25k. Looks like >i'll be here for a bit.. ftp.freebsd.org is usually servicing about 3500 users at a time. I sometimes get refused connections because it's at it's limit. It's a *very* impressive system. Checkout the story, half-way down the page on http://www.freebsdmall.com/ Especially follow the link to it's description, which is at http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter1/busiest_ftp_server.phtml I think ftp servers can be *tuned* to the size of the pipe. I don't know if anyone has attempted to tune this one. I believe, anyone correct me if I'm wrong, that some ftp servers simply assume that any connection is probably a 33K (or thereabouts) modem, and they just service all connections at the same priority. I believe, see disclaimer, that it's possible for an ftp server to determine whether the pipe is emptying as fast as it gets filled, indicating that it's a *not* a desktop modem, and they prioritize it slightly higher than connections that appear to be *slow*, so as to get that connection satisfied and gone. I believe that the ftp servers that do this base it on the statistics they get back from downstream... Am I all wet?? Steve Friedrich Viva la FreeBSD!! Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199812152255.RAA29211>