Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:39:49 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: New download record for ftp.freesoftware.com Message-ID: <200009300439.VAA00333@implode.root.com>
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FYI, this just went out on PRNewswire... INTERNET'S BUSIEST OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE ARCHIVE SETS NEW DOWNLOAD RECORD Portland, OR, September 29, 2000 TeraSolutions, Inc. and Lightning Internet Services announced today that a popular OpenSource software archive at ftp.freesoftware.com, which was built and maintained by TeraSolutions, Inc., has surpassed the two trillion bytes (two terabytes) milestone of files downloaded per day from a single server machine. The new record was set after the simultaneous releases of Red Hat Linux 7.0 and FreeBSD 4.1.1, two very popular free operating systems for Intel Architecture computers. "We're very pleased to have servers that we built, running the FreeBSD operating system, set new milestones like this. It really shows just how well our large servers can perform in real-world situations using freely available software", said David Greenman, TeraSolutions' President and co-founder. "Equally impressive is the server's stability. It was pumping out upwards of 300 million bits per second to over 3000 users at a time for the past several days without a glitch and has been operating crash-free under similarly high loads for nearly two months now." The server machine was installed earlier this year at Lightning Internet Services' co-location facility in New York City. "Lightning is very excited about this achievement and demonstrates that our network can easily support the likes of Linux and FreeBSD. While Lightning continues to be a leader in providing network services, bandwidth and co-location facilities to ISP's, carriers, and content providers, this event clearly validates our network performance and reliability", states Steve Nash, Lightning's Director of Engineering. Reid Fishler, President and founder of Lightning adds, "We are happy to be working with TeraSolutions and supporting the efforts of Linux and FreeBSD to revolutionize the OS environment." Based in Portland, Oregon, TeraSolutions is a manufacturer of high reliability, high performance rack-mount Internet server and RAID storage systems. The company specializes in building the highest traffic Internet servers in the world and is a leading supplier of RAID storage systems to Internet content providers and ISP's. TeraSolutions was founded in 1999 by FreeBSD co-founder David Greenman and industry veteran Marc Frajola. For more information, visit www.terasolutions.com, contact them directly at +1 503 288 9544, or email info@terasolutions.com. Lightning Internet Services (New York) is a leading provider of Internet connectivity and sophisticated network solutions to small and medium size businesses and other ISP's. Lightning was recently selected as one of the Top 5 Rising Stars representing the fastest growing technology companies on Long Island, N.Y. at the Fast 50 Awards presented by Deloitte & Touche. Lightning provides businesses with a comprehensive range of value-added products and services such as xDSL Internet service, Virtual Private Networks, high-speed network access, consulting, and co-location services. Lightning's array of expertise is designed for businesses to take advantage of their corporate networks and leverage the Internet to effectively grow their on-line business strategy and integrate communication services. For further information about Lightning Internet Services, LLC, please contact Chris Kern at (800) 845-0146, visit http://www.lightning.net/ or email chrisk@lightning.net. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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