> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 4:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Network speed > > I have been with a particular CF hosting company for a number of years. > Recently I sent them two machines for co-location. The first, which I sent > months > ago, is connected to the Internet at 100Mbps. The second, which I sent > days > ago, is connected at 10Mbps. They told me there was a policy change > because > they didn't want people going to far over their bandwidth limit for the > month. > They also told me that there should be no visible difference for my CF > applications doing work on the Internet.
This is ridiculous. I haven't seen anybody using 10mbs Ethernet for years now, and if they are, it sounds like they might have some old equipment. > 1) Maybe I don't understand this but I don't see the relationship between > the network connection speed and the total bandwidth usage in a month, > only that > if you have a higher network speed, you have the potential of using the > bandwidth at a greater rate. Is that right? You can go over your bandwidth limit whether you are using 10Mbps or 100mbps. What the problem probably is local network noise. 10mbs isn't very fast, and when that bandwidth is being taken up by other local servers transferring files between each other (or your host doing backups), or just in general traffic on the network (if they are using 10mbps equipment, they are also probably using hubs instead of switches, etc). If you remember how Ethernet works with hubs, a host will transmit and then check for collisions. If a collision is found, it will wait a random amount of time and try to transmit again. With a lot hosts on the network, while running at 10mbps, this can be a real problem. Personally, I would find a new host. You can get some decent colo deals with Host My Site, which we did a few months ago. We have a bunch of dedicated servers there already and are now adding some colo's to the mix. So far, so good. > 2) Developers have told me that the CF applications on the new server seem > to do work on the Internet more slowly. Could this be the case or are we > just > imagining this? Is there anyway to test this difference in speed? I did > some > tests using the CNET bandwidth measurement, but besides that I'm not sure > how > to test it to show them that there is a difference in speed. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
