request for help

• To: ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: request for help
• From: Mike Voss <voss@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:15:28 -0700

Fellow LDM'ers,
I'm trying to convince my campus network folks that we have a serious network 
bandwidth/congestion problem. This problem does not seem to be related to total 
campus traffic. I have supplied them with several pieces of evidence, but I'm 
looking for more and that's where you can help.

I occasionally download data from motherlode.ucar.edu as a backup to lost IDD 
data.  Currently, when I download I'm getting speeds of around 35 Kbps, which 
is just horrible. However when I retrieve the file on my local network I get 
7500 Kbps. The difference is poor network performance going through all the 
switches and firewalls between my network and UCAR. Could some of you (who have 
access) download some data from motherlode via ftp or http and tell me what 
kind of transfer speeds you get? This would be interesting info in is own 
right, but might also provide me with some more ammunition for my case with my 
network folks.

Thanks for your help,
-Mike


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Mike Voss                                
Department of Meteorology               
San Jose State University                        
One Washington Square                      
San Jose, CA 95192-0104   
             
408.924.5204 voice
408.924.5191 fax   

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