Download speeds

2005-07-14 11:06:47 am

Nintendo are the Gods of gaming

First of all, I'm not complaining about how files are hosted, I understand that Archive.Org host the files for free and all. Smiley

It's just that any links from Archive.org Europe go at 40kb/s max for me when it used to go at 120kb/s. All my other download speeds are fine, so I'm not sure why these are so much slower.

Is it a problem my end or is Archive's server just limiting speeds these days?

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Polsy

2005-07-14 09:37:36 pm

You're probably not actually using a Europe server - 40k/s is about what I get when the link directs you to a US server.

Content on the US servers doesn't immediately get mirrored to the Europe servers, so the Europe link just sends you to the US until that happens.

Polsy

2005-07-14 09:44:59 pm

Hmm, except where a particular (eg ia123456.eu) server's specified in the download link, I guess. The Europe links used to be some generic www.eu.archive.org thing which would redirect you to Europe if possible, otherwise the US.

Radix

2005-07-14 10:15:21 pm

I'm addicted to games

Actually the generic links were www.archive.org/download-eu/ but I don't use those anymore. Nothing I've added in the last 6 weeks or so has been copied to europe. :-[ They're aware of the issues too.

There's not much I can do unless the everyone is willing to donate $2000 a month for a dedicated 100 Mbps connection separate from archive.org.

NintyFanBoy

2005-07-17 02:06:10 pm

Nintendo are the Gods of gaming

So will they ever get transfered or are people from Europe a bit screwed?

freak0rz

2005-07-19 05:10:21 pm

I don't know why but my download speeds at the us server are horrible.. i get only ~12kbs of possible 250kbs
only when i use my download accelerator i get good speed with 10 jets(=>flashget)
but if a file is available at the europe server i get full speed even with the browser.

Cygnus

2005-07-19 05:44:02 pm

Ben Goldberg

My speeds are also horrible for the US server. I only download about 12k per sec. My internet isn't very fast, but I still usually download 25-30k per sec.

ChazDragoon

2005-07-20 05:00:47 am

Im getting the same problem...i ALWAYS used to download the Speedruns here at the very least 135kb (and at the most 200+kb). Im in the US so im assuming im grabbing them off the US server...just what in the word is going on. O.o This place is like my second television (well..late night anyways..)

CharTang

2005-07-24 04:51:28 pm

what?

well due to the fact that Archive has been downloaded from so much lately it's eating into the file

basically the more people trying to download the same file the slower it'll go so if you want it to go nice and fast wait a few days while everyone else gets it first that way there'll hopefully be less people trying to download hence yours will go faster

hope that clears some things up Smiley

sarou

2005-07-25 05:50:30 am

one-armed bandit

I used to get 700-800kb/s from Europe but I only get around 100kb/s from the US Sad

It's so slooooow, copy the files to EU Radix!! =P

VorpalEdge

2005-07-25 09:05:24 pm

welcome to the machine

Stop d/ling HQ files of ~5 hour long runs. Tongue

Mkt2015

2005-07-25 11:41:16 pm

MGS for PS1 forever.

As long as I get at least 2.5 k/s I don't care. Wink

Radix

2005-07-26 12:01:48 am

I'm addicted to games

Archive told me today: "the EU<==>US sync is "frozen" right now because we have run out of space in the EU."

alexpenev

2005-07-26 01:07:36 pm

You don't need all those several-gig-large HQ runs. Low quality is usually good enough for watching!

NintyFanBoy

2005-07-26 10:31:13 pm

Nintendo are the Gods of gaming

Yeah, but even LQ takes a while with <30kbps

Radix

2005-07-26 11:27:29 pm

I'm addicted to games

Everyone repeat after me:

There's not much I can do unless the everyone is willing to donate $2000 a month for a dedicated 100 Mbps connection separate from archive.org.

AngerFist

2005-07-27 12:24:38 am

Angered Me, You have!

There's not much Radix can do unless everyone is willing to donate $2000 a month for a dedicated 100 Mbps connection separate from archive.org.

FIERCELINKMASTER

2005-07-27 05:58:33 pm

No the Quail is not riding the Q

Quote:

Everyone repeat after me:

There's not much I can do unless the everyone is willing to donate $2000 a month for a dedicated 100 Mbps connection separate from archive.org.

After me we got : so don't forget it.

:There's not much I can do unless the everyone is willing to donate $2000 a month for a dedicated 100 Mbps connection separate from archive.org

Don't you get Radix bucks $ for making speed runs?
No? What do you mean No? No?? ok? NO?