From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 18 16:58:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00939 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:58:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00899 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:58:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-fll-126.laker.net [205.245.75.26]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id RAA29211; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:55:54 -0500 Message-Id: <199812152255.RAA29211@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Keith Woodman" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:52:59 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Boot disk Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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