It looks like the space requirements for the IOS update to 8.0 kept a high percentage of devices from being able to get the update. Lots of upset IOS device owners on our campus, especially the ones with 16GB IOS devices. Looks like the update requires roughly 4.4GB of space before it will allow the device to download the update.
Matt, On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Craig Eyre <ce...@mtroyal.ca> wrote: > We didn't notice an out of control increase like iOS 7 but I did note that > my phone didn't prompt me for the update, I had to go into the software > update area and look for it. This might have kept the bandwidth down or it > could be just my phone :>) > > > Craig > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Peter P Morrissey <ppmor...@syr.edu> > wrote: > >> Same here. Overall traffic peaks were higher, but our base levels grow >> quite a bit every year, so I would say the percentage of increase wasn’t as >> high as last year, but the traffic increase was significant. We saw peaks >> on our Internet connection of about a gig higher than normal for time of >> day but they were well within our burstable limit, and another gig or so >> increase in Akamai traffic. This persisted on and off until around midnight. >> >> >> >> Pete Morrissey >> >> >> >> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: >> WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Jason Wang >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:24 AM >> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] iOS 8 drops tomorrow >> >> >> >> We didn't see as sharp of an increase for this, but overall traffic >> reached about the same level for us on iOS 8 as it did last year for iOS 7. >> >> This is what we saw for iOS 8: >> [image: ios8_20140917] >> >> >> And this is what we saw for iOS 7 last year: >> [image: ios7_20130918] >> >> >> Jason >> >> >> On 9/17/14, 3:32 PM, Entwistle, Bruce wrote: >> >> We have not seen as significant of an increase in traffic with the iOS 8 >> release as we did with the iOS 7 release. >> >> >> >> Bruce Entwistle >> >> Network Manager >> >> University of Redlands >> >> >> >> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ >> mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Peter P Morrissey >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:38 AM >> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] iOS 8 drops tomorrow >> >> >> >> Thanks Lee for digging up the link for Akamai signup. >> >> >> >> The Akamai caching definitely kicked in for us, offloading up to over a >> Gig’s worth. >> >> >> >> If you look at a graph of our Internet traffic versus Akamai server >> traffic (don’t know if they’ll come through the listserv) you can see that >> our Internet traffic took a little jump right at 1:00 PM, but then settled >> down to normal levels when the Akamai server traffic spiked up, taking over >> the load. Overall though, so far today, the traffic levels from IOS8 >> haven’t been too bad. Maybe we’ll see more when the kiddies get out of >> class. >> >> >> >> Pete >> >> *`Daily' Graph (5 Minute Average) Internet * >> >> [image: day] >> >> *Max* >> >> *Average* >> >> *Current* >> >> *In* >> >> 3924.1 Mb/s (39.2%) >> >> 1843.2 Mb/s (18.4%) >> >> 3296.3 Mb/s (33.0%) >> >> *Out* >> >> 615.0 Mb/s (6.2%) >> >> 323.8 Mb/s (3.2%) >> >> 420.6 Mb/s (4.2%) >> >> >> >> >> >> *`Daily' Graph (5 Minute Average) Akamai* >> >> [image: day] >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ >> mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Peter P Morrissey >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:09 PM >> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] iOS 8 drops tomorrow >> >> >> >> Hi John, >> >> Don't have link handy but I'll ask their support. >> >> Pete >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ >> mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of John Center >> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 1:57 PM >> >> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] iOS 8 drops tomorrow >> >> >> >> Hi Pete, >> >> >> >> Do you have a link for Akamai? After reading this, I tried to find out >> where to apply, but I couldn't find it. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> -John >> >> >> >> On 09/16/2014 03:20 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: >> >> > We have one and it helped us tremendously for the Apple event last >> >> > week, about a gig worth of traffic. We are counting on it to help us >> >> > tomorrow as well. It is easy to apply, they just have to determine >> >> > that they can offload enough traffic to justify their expense of >> >> > sending and supporting the servers. >> >> > >> >> > Pete Morrissey >> >> > >> >> > *From:*The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv >> >> > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey >> >> > Sessler >> >> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 2:57 PM >> >> > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> >> > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] iOS 8 drops tomorrow >> >> > >> >> > For those of you impacted by such things, have you considered asking >> >> > Akamai to install a local caching appliance on your campus? We did a >> >> > number of years ago, it was free, and greatly reduces the impact on >> >> > our commodity internet while boosting update speeds significantly. >> >> > >> >> > I know Apple is starting to roll out their own CDN, but for now, there >> >> > are a lot of companies besides Apple using Akamai, so it's worth it. >> >> > >> >> > We also just established free direct peering with Netflix. Big >> >> > improvement there too. >> >> > >> >> > Jeff >> >> > >> >> >>>> On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 10:31 AM, in message >> >> >>>> <1dc7671d-3395-41d4-907c-fb06281ad...@uiowa.edu >> >> > <mailto:1dc7671d-3395-41d4-907c-fb06281ad...@uiowa.edu >> <1dc7671d-3395-41d4-907c-fb06281ad...@uiowa.edu>>>, "Johnson, >> >> > Neil M" <neil-john...@uiowa.edu <mailto:neil-john...@uiowa.edu>> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > We've add some additional bandwidth to the links between our wireless >> >> > nets and campus in anticipation of heavy traffic tomorrow. >> >> > >> >> > -Neil >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Neil Johnson >> >> > Network Engineer >> >> > The University of Iowa >> >> > Phone: 319 384-0938 >> >> > Fax: 319 335-2951 >> >> > E-Mail: neil-john...@uiowa.edu <mailto:neil-john...@uiowa.edu >> <neil-john...@uiowa.edu>> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ********** >> >> > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> >> > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> > <http://www.educause.edu/groups/> >> >> > >> >> > ********** Participation and subscription information for this >> >> > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> >> > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> > >> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> >> >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> > > > -- > Craig Eyre > Network Analyst > IT Services Department > Mount Royal University > 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW > Calgary AB T2P 3T5 > > P. 403.440.5199 > E. ce...@mtroyal.ca > > "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of > strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." 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