Re: net-op: traffic loads as the result of patching

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Sean Donelan wrote:
> So, maybe an operational question.
>
> What are people seeing as far as network traffic loads due to WMF patching
> activity, e.g. auto-update and manual downloads?  Microsoft has used
> several CDNs in addition to its own servers to distribute the load
> in the past.

Most organizations use from one to quite a few of their own distribution 
points. It would be interesting to know what the stats are at broadband 
providers... Although proxying may make the results a bit "nicer" in 
some places.

        Gadi.