An ISP delivering broadband access at home of limits of 1.5mb versus the 1mb you buy from a datacenter are vastly different subject areas.
Technologically, the broadband access (Cable/DSL) is capped at or near the 1.5mb level (obviously, this differs per individual technology). In the case of the datacenter, you are connect to either a 10mb, 100mb, or 1gb switch. From there, they are connected to vastly larger pipes for data delivery. The "1mb" you buy from the datacenter is just like buying 1 apple. You can reach into the barrel and buy damn near as many apples as you want. They are putting a cap of 2mb on your pipe (an artificial cap). This is to protect you and their other clients from over saturation of the pipe. They probably have 100 clients at 1mb with 2mb caps on the same switched network, with the expectations that at any point in time their will be available load. But just in case, they cap you at 2mb so you can't take too much of it. Other datacenters treat this differently. In our case, we are capped by the rate of the switch (100mb) with packetshaping occuring at that level for routing, etc purposes. In reality, we only purchase 1/2 of that amount.. BUT.. can burst (and can be charged for) the higher rates if we need it in a pinch. - Hope that helps? Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshal Mannerheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: RE: SV: SV: SV: [hlds] ot - bandwidth vs utilization [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] I would agree that 100% utilization of one's bandwidth would equal the upper limit of your service. 100% of 1.5 Mb is 1.5 Mb. The reason why I started this discussion was that in trouble shooting some problems with my ISP they gave me the impression that this logic was incorrect. I was wondering if this was a common term used in bandwidth/internet discussions which it appears to NOT be. So it seems to be that my ISP doesn't speak the same language as the rest of us, which does not seem far fetched. -mm >From: "[YG]Sharza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: SV: SV: SV: [hlds] ot - bandwidth vs utilization >Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 23:17:22 +0200 > > > I just signed a contract at a datacenter in NJ that offered 1Mbit > > sustained traffic, burstable to 2Mbit. If I was using 2Mbit all the > > time, then I guess I'd be at 200% utilization, no? > >I would still claim that you would then raise your total bandwidth, and then utilize an amount of >that. Absolutely speaking, utilization should not be able to go over 100% no matter what we speak of >(not limited to bandwidth or network). > >For a burstable line, you raise your overall bandwidth in a limited period of time. > >Relatively speaking you could say that you may be able to reach 200% utilization, but I don't know >the word for it in English, I would still not call it utilization, as its misleading imo. > >L8r, > Sharza > > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE download![1] ===References:=== 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2731??PS=47575 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
