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Article #301Re: So, how big ARE the archives?
From: geo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:38
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:38
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In article <4fMgagG00Uh_01k6sp@andrew.cmu.edu> pm3z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Joseph Mitchell) writes: >First, this is more of a trivia sort of "I'm interested" question. > My room mate and I the other day were having a discussion about some >of the major ftp archive sites around, such as wuarchive, simtel 20, >garbo, cica, etc., and the point came up about exacltly how much storage >space these ftp sites have on-line, available to the user. There's such >a vast quantity of programs and information on these sites, we were just >wondering exactly how big they are. I know that simtel at least has to >be around 600 megs or so, because of the periodic CD-ROM of the archives >that is released now and then. I just wonder too that how many percent of files at Simtel and Garbo are duplicated. This may save a lot of space for some sites, such as wuarchive that mirror both BIG sites. > Again, just curiosity. Thanks for any replies. me too. Joe.
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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watserv1!sunburn.uwaterloo.ca!geo From: geo@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca () Subject: Re: So, how big ARE the archives? Message-ID: <C1E20D.8J@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <4fMgagG00Uh_01k6sp@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:38:36 GMT Lines: 20