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To: David E. Taylor who wrote (9545)	9/26/2000 11:59:27 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 17977

No, you aren't a hog. It isn't the robustness of your access which is at issue. The system is designed under assumptions of normal usage. The more complex one's setup, the greater is the pull on the servers. What does complex mean? It means the number of threads times the number of fields per thread processed per unit time. This product is proportional to bandwidth. As complexity rises so does usage. The initial design norms were exceeded as more servers were added disproportionately with the increase in users. That is the only possible explanation for across system latency unless users added times normal pull is greater than added server capacity. Bandwidth consumption can be measured per session, but there is a certain desirability in uniformity of pricing as long as median usage is within design norms. That doesn't seem to be the case.

To: David E. Taylor who wrote (9545)	9/27/2000 8:55:05 AM
From: dli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17977

David, the primary factor determining server load with any kind of client/server application is the number of users per server and the processing load they place on it. Since bandwidth requirements of qcharts are very small for an average workspace configuration (a few hundred bytes per second) and does not even come remotely close to the bandwidth capacity of a 56K connection the choice of network access medium (DSL, cable, T1, 56K modem) does not have any impact on on the amount of data a server has to send out to a user per second and thus on server load. The only way in which DSL or cable users could increase server load is if they decide to take advantage of the added bandwidth e.g. by running monster workspaces with 3000 symbols. Dave