Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 05:37:11 -0500 From: Erik Gault <e@gaultopia.org> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> Cc: Daniel Lang <dl@leo.org>, jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au>, hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.FreeBSD.org and ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org have 4.5-install.iso ready for download Message-ID: <3C57CCD7.8030208@gaultopia.org> References: <20020130025115.GR9395@freebsdmall.com> <Pine.OSF.4.20.0201301331060.1961-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au> <20020130103042.D81625@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <20020130113143.C73604@skriver.dk>
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ftp2 is running native FreeBSD ftpd, right now we're doing... just over 100 Mbits, up from about 30 earlier today. ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/etc/traffic-day.gif (courtesy of Grisha) we're not sure what the spikes are about yet. Erik Jesper Skriver wrote: >On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 10:30:42AM +0100, Daniel Lang wrote: > >>Hi Jason, >> >>jason andrade wrote on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 01:33:39PM +1000: >>[..] >> >>>ftp.au.freebsd.org (aka planetmirror.com) has all 5 ISO images now >>>as well as the release tree and the packages-4.5-release tree. if you're >>>listing us, can you please add both http and ftp, as we prefer users >>>to download via http where possible. >>> >>Out of curiosity, why? I always thought thats abuse of HTTP, since >>it was not designed for that purpose, and it also lacks the >>ability of 'regetting' a file, that was not transferred >>completely. Or am I wrong here? >>Also I don't see any benefits using HTTP, but maybe I'm missing >>something here, too. >> > >Without having made any benchmarks, I have a few points to add. > >1) http only uses one TCP sessions, on busy box that can make a > difference. >2) there are several very tuned httpd's out there, while my > impression is that virtually no development has taken place > on ftpd's in recent years. > >BTW: which ftpd does people run ? > >- ftp.FreeBSD.org run's the FreeBSD native ftpd (with the setjmp/longjmp > removal from -current) >- ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org run's proftpd so I can limit the number of > concurrent connections from the same IP address, the reason is > that this box is quite limited with regard to memory, and it > runs cvsup servers too. > >/Jesper > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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