Re: "octave.sf.net bandwidth exceeded"

[John W. Eaton]

On 01/08/2014 04:08 PM, Philip Nienhuis 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)...

Is there a way that we can find what files are responsible for most of
the traffic, how large they are, how many times they have been
downloaded, and the limit that triggers this warning?

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

I'm not opposed to paying for some storage (i.e., google, amazon,
whatever) for distributing the bigger binary files, but I'd like to
know how much data transfer we might have to pay for.  Typically,
these storage systems cost around $.05-.09 per GB per month for the
storage space and another $.08-.22 per GB for transfers out (may vary
by location and total volume).  So for the Windows installer at around
100MB, it would cost something like $.01 per transfer.  Can we afford
that?  I don't know.  It would cost around $100 for 10,000 transfers.
Will 10,000 transfers generate at least $100 in donations to pay the
transfer fees?

The other option is to just distribute from ftp.gnu.org (and the
mirrors).  For comparison, the Windows binary distribution of Emacs is
about 50MB.  I'd guess that's the largest single file that's
distributed from ftp.gnu.org.  If we go this route, I think we should
be asking for permission first.

jwe