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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 address@hidden wrote: > Hi Robb, > > I wasn't sure if this is a question I should post to > the users group - but I thought I would check with you > first. > > We're talking to a collaborator over-seas who would > like to get an LDM data feed from us - or rather NCAR. > One question is what kind of bandwidth a typical feed > "requires" in order to be effective. I'm sure this > information is someplace in the docs but I didn't see > it. Could you give me an idea about the > a. how much data is getting pushed around to a typical > downstream client? > and > b. what sort of bandwidth they should have to receive it? Dan, It really depends on what feeds sites are receiving. Here's a chart on the feed rates: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/idd/statsummary.html > and > b. what sort of bandwidth they should have to receive it? > Depending on the feeds above, any where from .3 of a T1 to over a T1 if they plan on getting the 5 gigabytes from NCEP. I would add up the feeds that you plan on sending, multple by 120% and ask you system admin what bandwidth would be needed, especially with the overseas situation. Robb... > > TIA! > Dan > -- > Dan Hansen > address@hidden > NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research > 3450 Mitchell Lane > P.O. Box 3000 > Boulder, CO, USA > PHONE (303) 497-8945 > FAX (303) 497-8171 > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================