Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:15:39 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> To: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios <grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Urgent Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.05.9901071011270.78402-100000@goodall1.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3693F7F6.B0C9119C@netshell.vicosa.com.br>
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On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Gustavo Vieira G C Rios wrote: > Does anybody here where can i see the reports about Microsoft download > record and walnutCreek one? > Mircosoft were using 40 servers and WC only one single system. Is this what you are talking about? ######## Begin Article ######### Walnut Creek CDROM runs the largest public FTP archive, and every month, more than three million individual users download the latest computer software ranging from games to complete operating systems from Walnut Creek CDROM's FTP site. Walnut Creek CDROM set the record of transferring 417 gigabytes of files in one day, surpassing Microsoft Corporation's record of transferring approximately 350 gigabytes of files per day during the Windows95 release. Microsoft used more than 40 server machines to achieve the previous record, while Walnut Creek CDROM used a single 200MHz Intel Pentium Pro processor running FreeBSD. ######### End Article ######### Now, if I could only recall where I got it..... Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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