On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Shayne Lebrun wrote:
; > Any reason why that percentage should be less than 100? ; > ; Cost of bandwidth, cost of equipment, and cost of administrating the ; purchase/access system? That about covers it. To be worth anything, the mirror farm would have to be able to support simultaneous download of main.cvd to all subscribers. If users can query every 5 minutes, the statistical multiplexing which the existing mirrors rely on to spread the load doesn't occur. While I don't mind providing some of my server time and bandwidth free of charge to the project*, this type of service would require some money putting back into it for extra equipment, rack space & bandwidth. * I did look at setting up a mirror until I saw the current bandwidth requirements (we have multiple fast connections but pay for excess bandwidth) A. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
