[DECtalk] Bandwidth limiting

[Brent Harding]

Adam Curry from the Podshow place should've thought of this. I don't see why 
it couldn't handle shows that have thousands of listeners at 50-100 megs 
apiece.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Bandwidth limiting


> Hi,
> Nyud.net is not a mirror in the traditional sense of the word.  Rather, 
> it's
> a set of servers which go out and retrieve files which people want, when
> they want them.  Once any given file has been stored on their servers, if
> ever somebody else wants the same file it is retrieved from their servers
> rather than having to come from the actual website server, thus speeding 
> up
> the download.  The first person to download any given file will notice no
> improvement in speed, since the nyud.net servers must get the file from 
> the
> original host just like anybody else.  As I understand it, this network
> dynamicly replicates content over its servers depending on the popularity 
> of
> the content.  Thus, many servers could have one specific file.  A service
> such as this would be very helpful when a website is hit with the famous
> Slashdot effect, wherein a popular site links to a site on a slow
> connection, which then gets bombarded with requests and is barely able to
> keep up.  These servers don't and won't go out and grab the DECtalk 
> archive
> in its entirety.  Rather, they grab only what people actually want.
> For more info, check out www.coralcdn.org.
> Jayson.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake Roberts" <broberts at dmv.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Bandwidth limiting
>
>
>> Jason,
>> I am now using your dectalk mirror on
>> nyud.net
>> Will the
>> nyud.net
>> mirror be updated regularly with new files like bluegrasspals is?
>> Blake
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