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gih900@cruskit.aarnet.edu.au (Geoff Huston) writes:

>> Is traffic coming into Australia a problem?
>yes  -  outgoing  traffic  is not at saturation levels. Incoming traffic is at
>saturation levels in (Australian) working hours. 

By this I take it you mean 9am-5pm AEST? For those of us who do have to grab
things from O/S, what times are best to avoid?

>no  -  archie is doing an excellent job in providing a local cache of material
>which is far faster for the end client than pulling in  data  from  the  sites
>that  archie shadows. The real issue here is simply one of overwhelming volume
>of traffic on the incoming side - and the overall bulk of that incoming volume 
>is ftp pulls. As I noted in an earlier posting archie is helping here, but the 
>sheer total volume of traffic is now at a level where we are  facing  problems 
>of  quality  of  service  on this particular link. Archie simply cannot shadow 
>everything! 

Has any breakdown of the net traffic been made? (Like, what proportion is
ftp vs interactive sessions/mail/news whatever)


Thanks,
Anthony