Mweb Shaping?

[DUDE!@##$%%]

Hello,

I downloaded a 700mb file from this random site and i got solid 450kb, but when i try download a 4Gb file from the exact same place it tops at 160kbs...

just to make sure i tried another 700mb file and it was 450 again so i want to know if mweb shapes according to file sizes also? or could it just be the website?

 

[Shayd]

Hey Dude, the speed difference is most likely due to MWEB caching.

In a nutshell when a file is popular MWEB will keep a copy of it on their servers, this reduces the load on the network at the file only gets fetched once and then downloaded from there directly to anyone who requests it. If a cached file is requested it only uses IPC bandwidth and not Seacom + IPC.

Just another trick ISP's use to reduce costs.

BTW your name makes me sound like a Hippie!

 

[DUDE!@##$%%]

haha thanks man!

but i honestly doubt its cached because they were two different 700mb files that probably no one else has.

 

[VioAdmin]

haha thanks man!

but i honestly doubt its cached because they were two different 700mb files that probably no one else has.

Just wondering, what type of files were you trying to DL? Perhaps you will be surprised at how many peeps have DL'd that file.

Also, perhaps the 4gig file is not located on the same server, it might look like it on your browser but I wouldn't be surprised if it was located on another server that is pushing out lower bandwidth to DL's.

 

[Pada]

WOW. Is Mweb actually caching files larger than 100MB?!

I know that the NNTP (NZB/news) servers are caching massive files, but thats just for files that are in high demand.

 

[Shayd]

Caching is a major cornerstone on any uncapped network... pretty sure MWEB is running some legendary caching servers.

 

[Gordon_R]

WOW. Is Mweb actually caching files larger than 100MB?!

I know that the NNTP (NZB/news) servers are caching massive files, but thats just for files that are in high demand.

I have no idea what size files they are caching, but the relative cost/benefit of disk storage vs bandwidth costs, means it makes sense to cache anything that is likely to be be requested in the next few hours (AFAIK). Of course its not clear whether they actually doing this at all...

Edit: One of the problems I have with caching, is that the SAIX proxy server seems to keep content too long, so I end up having to refresh before I can get the latest version of some files, which is kinda irritating...