Re: Current trends in capacity planning and oversubscription

[Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Nov 10, 2010, at 12:40 56PM, George Bonser wrote:

> > From: Steve Meuse > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:31 AM
> > To: Michael Loftis
> > Cc: nanog
> > Subject: Re: Current trends in capacity planning and oversubscription
> >
> > Michael Loftis expunged (mloftis () wgops com):
> > > Actually...I'm not sure anywhere has that high of a ratio here in
> the
> > > states, at least for wired connectivity.
> >
> > I would say that's highly dependent on your geographical location. In
> > Montana I could see that as being true, but not in NYC, for example...
> >
> > -Steve
>
> I'd say it also depends on the nature of studies at the school, too.  A
> general liberal arts school might have different needs than one heavy on
> science and engineering.  Throw in some specialized resource like a
> radio telescope or nuclear research lab and it changes even more as
> those research data are shared among other collaborators at other
> institutions.
It also depends on how much file-sharing the students are doing...


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb