On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:05, Brett Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (create large file) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=public_html/large_file bs=1024 > > count=50000 50000+0 records in > > 50000+0 records out > > > > (get large file) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget www.lobefin.net/~steve/large_file > > [...] > > 22:46:09 (9.61 MB/s) - `large_file' saved [51200000/51200000] > > > > Of course, for reasonable sized files (where reasonable is <10MB), > > I get transfer speeds closer to 11MB/s. �YMMV, but it is not a fault > > of the tcp protocol. �Switched 10/100 connection here. �Of course real > > internet travel adds some latency, but that's not the point - the NIC > > is not the bottleneck, bandwidth is in the OP's question. > > *ARGH*... and of course, there's *definately* no compression going on > there, is there...
If the files come from /dev/urandom then there won't be any significant compression. http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9704.1/0257.html Once again, see the above URL with Dave S. Miller's .sig on the topic. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
