[isp-dns] Re: internet bandwidth

["David Smulsky" <dave@...]

I am in the same boat :) But we hardly have an over abundance of CPU power..

Dave Smulsky
Senior Network Admin

dave@...
www.thehostworks.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Clarke" <clarke@...>
To: <isp-dns@isp-dns.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:53 AM
Subject: [isp-dns] internet bandwidth


> From: "Dave" <dave@...>
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:01:12 -0500
>
> uhm, thats exactly what you just said compression.. makes it smaller on
the
> pipe, but still needs something to compress, and decompress it.. i dont
know
> what the overall purpose of this would be.. cause compressing and
> decompressing would on the end, make it slower..

Not in all cases. Mod_gzip compresses html output and gets better
performance for apache servers.  Granted, this is probably unimportant
for those who have OC-12 lines, but for those of us who are limited
to a T1 and who have an overabundance of CPU power - the tradeoff is
good.

Remember that CPU power is usually a single capital expense, but an
upgrade of bandwidth is a recurring cost.  God, I can't believe that
I have to pay attention to this now!  How'd I get stuck with financial
analysis???