The iOS5 effect (network)

Garp · 17-10-2011, 08:12

Thought some of you might get a kick out of this.

This is what iOS5 looks like from an ISPs perspective:

Thankfully for ISPs (and Apple sysadmins), Apple uses Akamai, a Content Delivery Network. They have servers all over the world within most major ISPs infrastructures, so when you go to get iOS5 from Apple, you're actually getting it from an server run by Akamai fairly near to your ISP, rather than pulling from some central location.
That graph is showing the traffic in one medium sized US ISP for their connection to the Akamai servers they host, so that's only the traffic for one ISP

Kitten · 17-10-2011, 12:51

I can't see anything

I even quoted & C&P the link, but nothing loads.

Garp · 17-10-2011, 18:08

Hmm.. Wonder if that's an IPv6 problem. Can you see this?

Desmo · 17-10-2011, 21:34

I can see both...and that's quite a spike

Kitten · 17-10-2011, 21:48

Can see them both now.

Desmo · 18-10-2011, 15:31

Paul, OK if I post that image elsewhere? Will re-host it, just making sure it wasn't private or anything

Garp · 18-10-2011, 18:14

Sure, feel free. It's posted on a public mailing list for network operators somewhere

Kitten · 21-10-2011, 11:48

I think this might be a problem with our new web-nanny thing, it's not allowing loads of pics through. Grrrr!

Mark · 24-10-2011, 15:12

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/1...k_net_traffic/

Garp · 24-10-2011, 17:27

Ahh whoops.. I.. urm.. re-organised my site/blog quite significantly and forgot to make sure the picture was in the new location. I'll fix that

17-10-2011, 08:12	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	The iOS5 effect (network) Thought some of you might get a kick out of this. This is what iOS5 looks like from an ISPs perspective: Thankfully for ISPs (and Apple sysadmins), Apple uses Akamai, a Content Delivery Network. They have servers all over the world within most major ISPs infrastructures, so when you go to get iOS5 from Apple, you're actually getting it from an server run by Akamai fairly near to your ISP, rather than pulling from some central location. That graph is showing the traffic in one medium sized US ISP for their connection to the Akamai servers they host, so that's only the traffic for one ISP __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

17-10-2011, 12:51	#2
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	I can't see anything I even quoted & C&P the link, but nothing loads. __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

17-10-2011, 18:08	#3
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Hmm.. Wonder if that's an IPv6 problem. Can you see this? __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

17-10-2011, 21:34	#4
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	I can see both...and that's quite a spike __________________

17-10-2011, 21:48	#5
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	Can see them both now. __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

18-10-2011, 15:31	#6
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Paul, OK if I post that image elsewhere? Will re-host it, just making sure it wasn't private or anything __________________

18-10-2011, 18:14	#7
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Sure, feel free. It's posted on a public mailing list for network operators somewhere __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

21-10-2011, 11:48	#8
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	I think this might be a problem with our new web-nanny thing, it's not allowing loads of pics through. Grrrr! __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

24-10-2011, 15:12	#9
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/1...k_net_traffic/

24-10-2011, 17:27	#10
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Ahh whoops.. I.. urm.. re-organised my site/blog quite significantly and forgot to make sure the picture was in the new location. I'll fix that __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?