SkyCache/Cidera replacement?
Andrew - Supernews
andrew at supernews.net
Mon Sep 20 20:10:07 UTC 2004
>>>>> "jason" == jason <jason at dixongroup.net> writes:
jason> Probably. Yes.
jason> IIRC, a full feed of usenet (3 years ago) was approx 250GB+
jason> per day. The overwhelming majority of that was multi-part
jason> binaries. Cut them out and you should have plenty of room
jason> across the transponder, which (again, 3 years ago) was capable
jason> of DS3 capacity.
jason> I haven't had the misfortune of dealing with usenet feeds
jason> since then, so I'm unfamiliar with the requirements of nntp
jason> peering today.
A dedicated OC3 wouldn't really be enough any more, for the full feed
(150+ megabits at peak times, average maybe 130 megabits over a day -
i.e. 1300 - 1350 GB/day on a heavy day).
Cut out the multipart binaries upstream and you only need about a
megabit.
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