Re: [cobalt-users] Bandwidth Calculations?

["Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 6/6/01 09:05 AM -0700, you wrote:
> Does anybody know how the bandwidth is calculated?

Can be done different ways. Ask your ISP for their particular method as 
there is no one "right" way. However...

> 1. I have a box that receives lots of unwanted traffic.

> 2. I do lots of non-httpd traffic on my own (i.e. upload and download
> huge files using rsync).

> 3. If I go fetching some pages (i.e. spider or crawlwer) using non httpd
> means,

You seem to have the idea that HTTP is somehow different from other 
traffic. HTTP is a protocol, used for an application, whereas "traffic" is 
all about IP packets which are on a much lower level.

If you're a city planner considering a given road, you care how many 
*vehicles* use it so you know whether you have enough lanes. You do not 
give a damn whether they're cars, motorcycles, vans, or pickup trucks 
(let's leave out the semis here for a moment).

Bandwidth is measured in bits per second, traffic is measured in bits. What 
those bits contain is irrelevant. Generally yes, all those huge files *do* 
count towards your traffic allotment.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx