On 13 Dec 2005 15:56:00 +0100, Claus Färber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > > That's not true. Suppose you've only got 3 users. If each user > > connects to one (different) mirror, he gets 1/1 of that mirror's > > bandwidth. If each user connects to each mirror, he only gets 1/3 of > > that mirror's bandwidth. > > They could get 1/1 of each server (total 3/1) if they connect at > different times.
True if you assume the users have three times the bandwidth of a mirror (on average). A 'bit' unlikely. > With three users, this needs coordination (which makes > the effect useless). With several hundred, it only needs statistics. Again only if the bottleneck is the mirror's bandwidth.
