[OPLINTECH] OPLINTECH Digest, Vol 71, Issue 11
Daniel Ebben
ebbenda at oplin.org
Fri Sep 30 14:34:59 EDT 2011
I'm not sure how you can ONLY play 60 seconds of minecraft. At Mary L. Cook
we have been discussing starting a local server to keep the teens
entertained.
-dan
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <oplintech-request at lists.oplin.org> wrote:
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> 1. Re: Dropbox and File Sharing (Nathan Eady)
> 2. Re: Dropbox and File Sharing (Karl Jendretzky)
> 3. Re: Dropbox and File Sharing (Karl Jendretzky)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nathan Eady <oplintech at galionlibrary.net>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:53:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
> "Stephen Cram" <steve at nbpubliclibrary.org> writes:
>
> > Chad,
> >
> > You might want to ask OPLIN about your bandwidth use. Downloading
> > files with a gazillion GB will really use up a lot of bandwidth.
> >
> > We block those sites here in North Baltimore. We allow gaming and
> > music downloads - that slows access down noticibly now.
>
> I'm pretty sure blocking Dropbox and allowing online gaming is, from a
> bandwidth perspective, kind of like putting bars on the upstairs windows
> and leaving the ground-floor windows wide open. Under anything
> resembling normal usage conditions, I would not expect Dropbox to
> consume even 1% of the bandwidth that online gaming does. (Granted,
> it'll be rather spikier usage, but still.)
>
> --
> Nathan Eady
> Galion Public Library
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karl Jendretzky <jendreka at oplin.org>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:29:56 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
> I'd be pretty surprised if online gaming was a big bandwidth eater. For
> client/server based games all the big graphics should be stored locally, and
> for Flash games you should only be looking at the initial download, which
> would be much better than a Youtube video if you consider the ratio of data
> downloaded vs time spent.
>
> If anyone is curious, I'd be happy to run some tests and report back that
> stats. I'll play some Minecraft at the office......if I must.
>
> Karl Jendretzky
> Technology Manager
> Ohio Public Library Information Network
> jendreka at oplin.org
> (614) 728-1515
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Eady" <oplintech at galionlibrary.net>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:53:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
>
> "Stephen Cram" <steve at nbpubliclibrary.org> writes:
>
> > Chad,
> >
> > You might want to ask OPLIN about your bandwidth use. Downloading
> > files with a gazillion GB will really use up a lot of bandwidth.
> >
> > We block those sites here in North Baltimore. We allow gaming and
> > music downloads - that slows access down noticibly now.
>
> I'm pretty sure blocking Dropbox and allowing online gaming is, from a
> bandwidth perspective, kind of like putting bars on the upstairs windows
> and leaving the ground-floor windows wide open. Under anything
> resembling normal usage conditions, I would not expect Dropbox to
> consume even 1% of the bandwidth that online gaming does. (Granted,
> it'll be rather spikier usage, but still.)
>
> --
> Nathan Eady
> Galion Public Library
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karl Jendretzky <jendreka at oplin.org>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:37:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
> My curiosity got the best of me.
>
> -5 Tests
> -Each 60 seconds long
> -The two YouTube videos where each ~4:00 long
> -Adblock Plus was enabled, so numbers don't include Flash ads
> -Taken by using Wireshark to capture all packets on eth0
> -Each line is "Test Name: Average Bandwidth over 60 sec; amount of data
> downloaded (notes)"
>
> Control: .001 Mbps
> Minecraft: .285 Mbps; 2MB downloaded (runs at about 100Kbps after initial
> area loaded. Probably a bad example of an online game due to abnormally
> large amount world data)
> 360p Youtube Video: 1.479Mbps; 11MB (didn't finish downloading, ran at full
> the entire time)
> 720p YouTube: 11.3Mbps; 87MB downloaded(finished downloading then nothing,
> ran at ~25Mbps for 30 seconds)
> Flash Game (armorgames.com): .819Mbps; 6MB downloaded (ran at ~25Mbps for
> 5 seconds, then nothing)
> Runescape: .064Mbps; 468KB downloaded (ran at ~40Kbps the entire sample)
>
>
> Karl Jendretzky
> Technology Manager
> Ohio Public Library Information Network
> jendreka at oplin.org
> (614) 728-1515
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Jendretzky" <jendreka at oplin.org>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:29:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
>
> I'd be pretty surprised if online gaming was a big bandwidth eater. For
> client/server based games all the big graphics should be stored locally, and
> for Flash games you should only be looking at the initial download, which
> would be much better than a Youtube video if you consider the ratio of data
> downloaded vs time spent.
>
> If anyone is curious, I'd be happy to run some tests and report back that
> stats. I'll play some Minecraft at the office......if I must.
>
> Karl Jendretzky
> Technology Manager
> Ohio Public Library Information Network
> jendreka at oplin.org
> (614) 728-1515
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Eady" <oplintech at galionlibrary.net>
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:53:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing
>
> "Stephen Cram" <steve at nbpubliclibrary.org> writes:
>
> > Chad,
> >
> > You might want to ask OPLIN about your bandwidth use. Downloading
> > files with a gazillion GB will really use up a lot of bandwidth.
> >
> > We block those sites here in North Baltimore. We allow gaming and
> > music downloads - that slows access down noticibly now.
>
> I'm pretty sure blocking Dropbox and allowing online gaming is, from a
> bandwidth perspective, kind of like putting bars on the upstairs windows
> and leaving the ground-floor windows wide open. Under anything
> resembling normal usage conditions, I would not expect Dropbox to
> consume even 1% of the bandwidth that online gaming does. (Granted,
> it'll be rather spikier usage, but still.)
>
> --
> Nathan Eady
> Galion Public Library
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