Re: [cobalt-users] Max monthly transfer on a raq3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Gilbert wrote:

> I am just curious as to how much actual monthly transfer my raq could
> serve.
> What would be a ball park figure? Using basic sites with very few
> scripts.
> 100Gig,500Gig,1000Gig
> My system is a Raq3 with 64 megs of memory.

You say "could", right...

A linux-running 486-33 with 16 megabytes of memory can easily saturate 4
T-1 lines.

Or so I've been told <smile>.

> Could someone tell us what kind of bandwidth they are using each month.

We very seldom go over 100 kbps.  A client of ours with about 250 sites
on a RaQ2 with 128 meg of memory has never gone over 200 kbps.  (95%
measuring)  But of course that's dependent on how many hits you get.

> Also what system they have and the percentage your cpu and memory usage
> is at.
> 
> Would it be limited to the NIC? 10Mbs which would be around 3000 Gig per
> month.

Of course that's a limiting factor.  As I recall, ethernet 10baseT
(which is what your RaQ has) maxes out at a "real" 7.5 - 8 mbps, as
opposed to a theoretical 10 mbps.  That's 2666 gigs per month.  Do you
have any idea how much that connectivity would be costing you?  Most
colos are at about $300 per 100 gigs, presuming even usage (which is
unlikely, so the numbers will be even higher.

If I required that kind of connectivity and were spending the $8,000 per
month it would cost, I'd probably want a much more robust server; if I
were using that much connectivity I certainly should be able to afford
one.

Jeff
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