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We are considering moving servers to a new locations. The new location would be in France whereas the current one is in the US. This would have an effect on bandwidth and I think the France setup is slower but I'd like to get figures to help making a decision. The new server would be under our control and allow us to use more disk space.

Step 1. There is a 47 MB file that I'd like you to download from two separate location and measure the average download rate you get. When downloading please download a single file at once and disable your other ongoing downloads if any.

The addresses are:
http://www.smspower.org/videos/BLIP01_PFTV_HIGH.flv
http://www.mekensleep.com/smspower/BLIP01_PFTV_HIGH.flv

Step 2. A 'ping' score in milli-second, equivalent to the round-trip/reaction time would also be useful. You need to open a command-prompt / shell for that and type in:

ping www.smspower.org
(note average time in millisecond)
(CTRL-C to break)

ping www.mekensleep.com
(note average time in millisecond)
(CTRL-C to break)

Please provide your results along with your country/location in the same format as in my example below.
If you can't provide the ping info because you are scared by a command-line it is ok without. I am hoping to get numbers for a dozen countries at least.

Thanks.

Japan, Kyoto
smspower.org : ~1 MB/sec, ping ~180 ms
mekensleep.com: ~150 to 450 kB/sec (varying), ping ~270 ms

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Esecuzione di Ping smspower.org [72.9.150.200] con 32 byte di dati:

Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=169ms TTL=47
Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=163ms TTL=47
Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=163ms TTL=47
Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=169ms TTL=47

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Esecuzione di Ping www.mekensleep.com [91.121.57.174] con 32 byte di dati:

Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=41ms TTL=53
Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=41ms TTL=53
Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=42ms TTL=53
Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=42ms TTL=53

Same download speed between 600 and 650 kB/second for both the files, I think that's just my connection being maxed out.

Adelaide, Australia

smspower.org: ~270KB/s, ping: ~232ms
mekensleep.com: ~ 80 to 170KB/s (varying), ping: ~355ms

I am on Bigpond Cable, 8Mbit down and 128kbps up

downloads are roughly 50KB/s each, and I wouldn't expect any more than that from a 512/128 connection.
pings
www.smspower.org ~ 212ms
www.mekensleep.com ~ 335ms

821kByte/s for smspower and 1.1MByte/s for mekensleep (10Mbit connection).
ping is 147ms for smspower & 40 -> 45ms for mekensleep
I'm doing this from Sweden.

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Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8651 Location: Paris, France	Help wanted! Bandwidth test to decide on a server change Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:33 pm Last edited by Bock on Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:40 pm; edited 4 times in total
	We are considering moving servers to a new locations. The new location would be in France whereas the current one is in the US. This would have an effect on bandwidth and I think the France setup is slower but I'd like to get figures to help making a decision. The new server would be under our control and allow us to use more disk space. Step 1. There is a 47 MB file that I'd like you to download from two separate location and measure the average download rate you get. When downloading please download a single file at once and disable your other ongoing downloads if any. The addresses are: http://www.smspower.org/videos/BLIP01_PFTV_HIGH.flv http://www.mekensleep.com/smspower/BLIP01_PFTV_HIGH.flv Step 2. A 'ping' score in milli-second, equivalent to the round-trip/reaction time would also be useful. You need to open a command-prompt / shell for that and type in: ping www.smspower.org (note average time in millisecond) (CTRL-C to break) ping www.mekensleep.com (note average time in millisecond) (CTRL-C to break) Please provide your results along with your country/location in the same format as in my example below. If you can't provide the ping info because you are scared by a command-line it is ok without. I am hoping to get numbers for a dozen countries at least. Thanks.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8651 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:35 pm
	Japan, Kyoto smspower.org : ~1 MB/sec, ping ~180 ms mekensleep.com: ~150 to 450 kB/sec (varying), ping ~270 ms

Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:47 pm
Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Quote Esecuzione di Ping smspower.org [72.9.150.200] con 32 byte di dati: Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=169ms TTL=47 Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=163ms TTL=47 Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=163ms TTL=47 Risposta da 72.9.150.200: byte=32 durata=169ms TTL=47 Quote Esecuzione di Ping www.mekensleep.com [91.121.57.174] con 32 byte di dati: Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=41ms TTL=53 Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=41ms TTL=53 Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=42ms TTL=53 Risposta da 91.121.57.174: byte=32 durata=42ms TTL=53 Same download speed between 600 and 650 kB/second for both the files, I think that's just my connection being maxed out.

Jacko Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 1464 Location: Sunny ol Tamworth, New England NSW AU	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:48 pm
	Adelaide, Australia smspower.org: ~270KB/s, ping: ~232ms mekensleep.com: ~ 80 to 170KB/s (varying), ping: ~355ms I am on Bigpond Cable, 8Mbit down and 128kbps up

DMEnduro Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 420 Location: Australia	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:17 pm
	downloads are roughly 50KB/s each, and I wouldn't expect any more than that from a 512/128 connection. pings www.smspower.org ~ 212ms www.mekensleep.com ~ 335ms

FluBBa Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 412 Location: GBG	Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:03 am
FluBBa Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 412 Location: GBG	821kByte/s for smspower and 1.1MByte/s for mekensleep (10Mbit connection). ping is 147ms for smspower & 40 -> 45ms for mekensleep I'm doing this from Sweden.

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