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MacRumors' Webcast Stats during the MWSF 2006 Keynote
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Well done Macrumors
I was able to read live updates on my Treo 650 over GPRS on the train home, no problems whatsoever. Excellent work
I was able to read live updates on my Treo 650 over GPRS on the train home, no problems whatsoever. Excellent work
It's interesting that most people notice the 32GB number. For the servers, 32GB in a few hours is actually not that much - they could do 3x that amount without any problem if they were serving bigger files to fewer people. The problem comes from the number of simultaneous visitors and therefore the hits/second they have to do - it's the 3,812 hits/second number that is the most impressive for me.
Slightly technical, but the bandwidth figure only includes the "file" data sent, and not the bandwidth used to initiate the connection and all the other protocol stuff that needs to be done to request a file from the server. It's a less accurate figure, and one that most people don't look at, but if you look at the raw data going through the servers it's actually closer to 70GB.
Probably about 75% text. MacRumorsLive was hosted on different servers from MacRumors itself, nothing particularly powerful to be honest, just set up to be very efficient (and no, they weren't Xserves ) In itself, the bandwidth used won't cost anything over and above the charges for the servers, but of course you have to pay for the servers in the first place.
Slightly technical, but the bandwidth figure only includes the "file" data sent, and not the bandwidth used to initiate the connection and all the other protocol stuff that needs to be done to request a file from the server. It's a less accurate figure, and one that most people don't look at, but if you look at the raw data going through the servers it's actually closer to 70GB.
BlueRevolution said:
Probably about 75% text. MacRumorsLive was hosted on different servers from MacRumors itself, nothing particularly powerful to be honest, just set up to be very efficient
(and no, they weren't Xserves ) In itself, the bandwidth used won't cost anything over and above the charges for the servers, but of course you have to pay for the servers in the first place.
Great Job
Unlike past years, there were no glitches. I didn't stall, didn't get disconnected from IRC... Very good!
Really though, Apple should figure out some way to get their announcements out live, even in low bandwidth text form.
Unlike past years, there were no glitches. I didn't stall, didn't get disconnected from IRC... Very good!
Really though, Apple should figure out some way to get their announcements out live, even in low bandwidth text form.
Hi,
I would like to thank everyone for the kind comments. I was one of the helpers at the keynote to get it out to all of you. I was sitting in the audience and was using my 15" PB with a Verizon WAN card and typing in iChat to arn as fast as I could. Kudos to arn for putting up with my mis-spellings!
I look forward to next year if I am going, to repeating the same feat with even more visitors.
Thanks again.
Rob
ps. I do have a Macbook Pro ordered. If anyone would like anymore observationns from hands-on with the Macbook, you can email me at: rmassung@gmail.com.
I would like to thank everyone for the kind comments. I was one of the helpers at the keynote to get it out to all of you. I was sitting in the audience and was using my 15" PB with a Verizon WAN card and typing in iChat to arn as fast as I could. Kudos to arn for putting up with my mis-spellings!
I look forward to next year if I am going, to repeating the same feat with even more visitors.
Thanks again.
Rob
ps. I do have a Macbook Pro ordered. If anyone would like anymore observationns from hands-on with the Macbook, you can email me at: rmassung@gmail.com.
If it takes 32GB to deliver a text feed, the mind boggles on how much it must take to provide a video feed! I think we may be a long, long way from seeing live video feeds again.
well Done MR team
Nice work on the keynote presentation. I would have been with you all the way but my battery on my pb was in the red right before the mbp announcment....
Nice work on the keynote presentation. I would have been with you all the way but my battery on my pb was in the red right before the mbp announcment....
Kudos and thank you!
Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus. It was not only the best MacRumors keynote coverage, but the best keynote coverage period. The one-minute updates were great -- the format and AJAX setup was clean, professional, and solid all around.
A hearty thanks to everyone who was involved!
Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus. It was not only the best MacRumors keynote coverage, but the best keynote coverage period. The one-minute updates were great -- the format and AJAX setup was clean, professional, and solid all around.
A hearty thanks to everyone who was involved!
Trowaman said:
The counter was a great touch, and Im sure it kept the amount of manual refreshes down to a minimum.
I was wondering, what method did you guys use to get the announcements out of the keynote hall? I know Apple typically asks for cellphones off and disables network access... carrier pigeon perhaps?
SiliconAddict said:Again I want to thank the Macrumors forum server for almost giving its life so that Mac fans could continue to freak out, bitch, and worry before, during, and after (Most of the bitch after mind you.) the keynote. It took some real gonads to keep the forum server unlocked the entire time. Thanks.
Arn. Do you guys think you will ever bring back the Macrumors mugs?
I, and I'm sure many others, would be more then willing to plunk down some $$ to help MR's. Esp in times like this where you eat through bandwidth like a thirsty man in the desert goes through water.
Tea and coffee lover here. Count me in on a MR mug if you bring them out a again
And great job on the webserver department during the keynote speech. There was only about 3 times when I got the server to buisy message. I'm still on dialup in NZ - its slow but very cheap. We do have 256k broadband but it is a ripoff at this stage
Speaking of rupees Lacero, you could keep us updated with your travels as well, although I dont expect that you would see too many MacBooks in India...Lacero said:Perhaps next year, Macrumorslive can provide us with real-time H.264 HD video streaming at 512 Kbit/s. I'll pitch in one rupee for bandwidth costs.
Here's to the Crazy Ones