From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 31 22:43:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24851 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:43:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24845 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:42:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@vnode.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA11800; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 01:44:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mark) Message-ID: <19980401014448.58609@vmunix.com> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 01:44:48 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: dg@root.com, Robert Watson Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.cdrom.com References: <199804010350.TAA26383@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199804010350.TAA26383@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 07:50:25PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 07:50:25PM -0800, David Greenman wrote: > > >Hmm. :) That's pretty extreme. Is the current limitation on user's on > >ftp.cdrom.com on the basis of hardware, software, or bandwidth? :) > > Right at the moment the limit is bandwidth - mostly with Sprint and MCI > through the west coast NAPs. The secondary limit is CPU, but that only > becomes a problem when we have adequate bandwidth. When Internet bandwidth > isn't a problem, we tend not to run so close to the 3000 user limit since > people aren't on as long downloading the files. The 3000 user limit is > chosen because if it any higher than that, the machine becomes a little > sluggish during the peak times of the day and this annoys the archive > maintainers. Upgrades are planned to fix that problem and to expand further, > with the next goal being 4000-5000 users (depending on how significant the > upgrade is). The new 400MHz P-II's are using the 100MHz bus right? If so, this will be the first new generation of hardware that I'll be considering upgrading to - since my 200MHz PPro does very well right now. It will be interesting to see if the 400/100MHz PII setup will provide *significant* performance improvements over the PPro.. I think the 450MHz versions of PII will be out this summer, but it's mostly the 100MHz bus that I'm interested in! :-) -Mark > > -DG > > David Greenman > Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message