Cell Relay Archive

[henryyen@netcom.com (Henry Yen)]

In article <35B87A57.B2DDC421@odot.dot.ohio.gov>,
Spencer Wood  <swood@odot.dot.ohio.gov> wrote:
>Henry Yen wrote:
>> In article <35B33DD5.76DD1F71@odot.dot.ohio.gov>,
>> Spencer Wood  <swood@odot.dot.ohio.gov> wrote:
>> >I wouldn't think you could get a PC to actually be able to transfer at
>> >622mb........I remember reading a review about 100mb cards that on a
>> >Pentium Pro server with a 100mb Full Duplex card, it would take
>> >something like 80% of the CPU to run the card flat out (Full Duplex,
>> >100mb)...
>Windows NT was the test subject, but I think the same applies to Netware...
>You could probably get closer to OC-12 speeds if you were connection a
>High-End Sun Server, SGI Server, or Highend IBM Mainframe, but that would
>be about it.....
>
>My guess ftp.cdrom.com is actually a collection of servers to allow for
>fast connections and let downtime, but I could be wrong..

the latest configuration blurb for ftp.cdrom.com:

 .wcarchive.cdrom.com is an Intel architecture PC machine running the FreeBSD
 .operating system.
 .
 .Its configuration is as follows:
 .
 .Tyan 1662D multiprocessor motherboard
 .	The motherboard has on it:
 .		Natoma chipset
 .		5 PCI slots
 .		3 ISA slots
 .		Two CPU sockets
 .		8 SIMM slots
 .		2 serial ports
 .		1 parallel port
 .		2 IDE interfaces
 .One 200MHz P6 CPU ("Pentium Pro") w/512K L2 cache
 .1GB of main memory (8 * 128MB 60ns EDO SIMMs)
 .1 Adaptec AHA-3940 PCI dual-channel narrow FastSCSI controller
 .1 Adaptec AHA-3940UW PCI dual-channel wide UltraSCSI controller
 .1 Intel Pro/100B PCI 100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller
 .1 StorQuest ISA SVGA adapter
 .14 4.3GB fast-narrow SCSI drives (Quantum, Seagate)
 .18 9.1GB ultra-wide SCSI drives (Micropolis, Quantum)
 .1 Siliconrax SR-5910 rack mount computer chassis
 .
 .The disk drives are housed in 4 industrial rack mount chassis made by
 .Kingston Technologies. Each drive array is connected to its own Adaptec
 .SCSI channel. The IDE interfaces on the motherboard aren't currently
 .being used.
 .
 .Our connection to the Internet is via 100Mbps Fast Ethernet that connects
 .to core routers which in turn connect to most of the major interchange
 .points on the Internet via multiple DS3 (45Mbps) and OC3 (155Mbps) circuits.
 .Wcarchive is physically located at the CRL Network Operations Center in
 .downtown San Francisco.
 .
 .Each month, more than 2 million people visit wcarchive - sending out to them
 .more than 9 terabytes of files (as of July, 1998), with the only limit being
 .the Internet backbone(s).
 .
 .Wcarchive is the biggest, fastest, busiest FTP archive in the world.
 .
 .If there is something we don't have online that you think we should, let
 .us know! We are always looking for ways to expand our collection of software
 .archives.
 .
 .One note: We occasionally receive complaints about slow transfers or connection
 .timeouts. These are almost always caused by problems in the Internet and have
 .nothing to do with our server which, despite the large number of users, is far
 .from being overloaded. If you experience problems with your file transfers,
 .please try to investigate the problem with the "traceroute" (Unix) or "tracert"
 .(Windows/95) programs - this can be very useful in determining the cause of the
 .slowness. If the problem appears to be on our end, then please let us know
 .about it and we will bring the issue up with our Internet service provider.
 .
 .Thanks for reading and happy downloading!
 .
 .David Greenman
 .Walnut Creek CDROM
 .
 .For further information, please e-mail ftp@ftp.cdrom.com or see
 .http://www.freebsd.org for FreeBSD information.

disclaimer: i don't run freebsd, and i also can't speak to the reliability
of this information (ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt).
-- 
Henry Yen
Hicksville, NY  (yes, there really is a "Hicksville"...)