On 14 May 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> > not everybody places a file on their server and then posts a message to
> > slashdot. :0
>
> You mean, not everybody who creates a web page advertises is on /.?
> Granted, but so many of them hope that someone will post the link there.
this was NOt an article published by Iglu. it was merely copied from
somewhere else, in order to TEST THE SERVER UNDER LOAD. it wasn't some
content written by IGLU's folks. if it was, that'd be something completely
different.
> > no, but there's a clause regarding ammount of traffic under the
> > contract... and since we got this service for free, we should try not to
> > abuse it.
>
> Don't read me wrong - I have no objections to co-ordinating with
> actcom. But certainly I cannot control the rate of download requests
> outside.
but you CAN control the fact that you (not you, oleg) place something just
to see how it runs up the traffic.
> I have not read the actcom's (or anyone's) contract, but I
> would tend to think that actcom reserves the right to limit the amount
> of traffic to/from my server, using their own means. But I don't think
> that "we are shutting your server down, it's too popular" is
> reasonable.
we get this service for FREE. you see that? so we should NOT abuse it just
for the fun of "ohh.. i wonder what'll happen if i someone make all the
world access my web site".
the server is hosted on the understanding that its main feature is to
serve the israeli community of linux users. not the world-wide community
of linux users. so just don't abuse this if you don't wish for the server
to get kicked off. when ilya conducted the test, he had no idea how much
traffic he's going to pull, so we're just lucky that it picked at 40KB/sec
(it was KB, i guess, not Kb. right, Ilya?). but it could have well been
much more traffic then that... and coming over international links, not
over local links (with the local link costing WAY LOWER then the
international link).
btw, i'm not objective here - i have been working for ACTCOM in the past,
and am now one of their clients. however, i do think that i have an idea
of what we got this free service for. and i think you know that as well.
don't try to test their limits - what is that good for?
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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