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Re: So, how big ARE the archives?

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From: geo
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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