Re: "octave.sf.net bandwidth exceeded"

[John Swensen]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Philip Nienhuis <address@hidden> wrote:

Hmm... just got this when I tried to surf to the OF developers page:


> SourceForge.net Logo
>
> This project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth
> threshold
>
>
> Projects and users who host on SourceForge.net are given web space to
> augment their communities and interact with their users. In cases where a
> project or user's web space exceeds pre-determined thresholds, this
> message will be displayed. This block is typically short lived (10-15
> minutes), unless the cause of the bandwidth usage is not mitigated. We
> recommend that the administrator of the site take action to reduce
> bandwidth usage. If you feel you are receiving this message erroneously,
> please contact SourceForge.net Support for assistance. Typically this
> message is displayed when files that belong in the FRS are uploaded into
> project web, or someone tried to host some pr0n or w4r3z. SourceForge.net
> Support is willing and able to assist in resolving the cause of this
> error.

In a way this is good news (in that OF gets quite a bit of attention)...

But maybe also something to watch out for as soon as we put binary
installers for 3.8.0 there.

Philip



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A quick look at download stats shows the following for the past 7 days:

OSX binary = ~1000 x 682MB = 682GB

mingw binary = ~1130 x 156MB = 176GB

MSVC binary = ~3000 x 71.5MB = 214GB

Total: 1.072 TB in 7 days

I suspect this may be more than they like to host? I also expect that one the newest Windows installer with the GUI goes up that it will be slammed even more.

John Swensen

P.S. Philip, sorry for the double email, I forgot to reply-all on my original response.