I would put down money that the traffic from all the i-devices alone greatly exceeds the bandwidth of all of the MacOS and Mac OS X updates.
Jerry On 07/11/12 12:36 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > Well let's jet say that I personally would not want to have to have a > coded server responding to thousands of requests a day to compile a list > of installed software on a client that is accessing it and then making it > available to hundreds of requests at any given moment to download a > variety of locally stored updates. The network traffic alone would cost a > fortune. I understand how the Software Update server works and it is much > more complicated than it seems. > > Yes, the files being stored at Apple are part of a static server. It is a > much different environment than the Software Update servers and VERY easy > to maintain. > > -- Kyle Hansen > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
