ebrewer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ellen Brewer) (01/16/91)
Archive-name: sites/sumex-aim.stanford.edu/access/0-- Archive-directory: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/ [36.44.0.6] Original-posting-by: ebrewer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ellen Brewer) Original-subject: Re: Can't Connect to SUMEX Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) In article <1991Jan15.020109.9548@cs.dal.ca> paixao@ug.cs.dal.ca (Nuno M. Paixao) writes: >The last few times, I have tried to connect to the INFO-MAC archives, >I have had problems. After connecting to the site, and typing in >the appropriate username (ANONYMOUS0 and the password, it replies that >all connections are busy and to try back at a later time. > >This has happened to me both in the middle of the day and late at night >on several occasions. Has SUMEX become that busy, or is there some sort of >problem? > Quoting from Info-Mac Vol. 9 Issue 6: >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 15:41:23 PST >From: mtm@camis.stanford.edu (Mike Macgirvin) >Subject: Administrivia > >[... From our sysadmin...] > > We are installing a new ftp daemon on SUMEX-AIM which will limit >the number of simultaneous anonymous ftp connections. We have been forced to >this because the system load quite often gets high enough that normal >usage comes to a standstill. Currently this is set up to allow 25 connections >at a time, and anonymous logins are prevented after that until the number >of connections again drops below 25. We are trying to find a way that this >number can be raised during "off hours" so that possibly a hundred connections >might be allowed in the middle of the night or on weekends. This will >follow shortly, but presently, the limit is fixed at 25 round the clock. > We still wish to support the info-mac community, and hope that this >does not cause undue hardships. As the limits will keep the system load to >a reasonable level, file transfer performance should INCREASE significantly, >allowing more transfers per unit of time, which should make life easier for >the info-mac community in the long run. > I am asking that info-mac users be made aware of this policy, and >to ask for everybody's cooperation to keep the ftp access open. They should >keep their login time to a minimum, so that others will get a chance to use >the service, and call during off hours (Pacific time) for the greatest >chance of making a successful connection. This also implies that multiple >connections per user is highly anti-social, and may lead to our taking >even more anti-social actions to prevent this kind of activity. > >Thank you, > >mike - (Mike Macgirvin) mtm@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU >System Administrator SUMEX-AIM Computer Facility > >[There also seems to have been a change to the password checker. It now > looks to see if the password seems like a real mail address. -Bill] ------------------------------ Quoting from Info-Mac Vol. 9 Issue 7: >Date: Sun, 13 Jan 1991 22:46:30 PST >From: The Moderators <Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> >Subject: Administrivia > >There are major problems with the new FTP software on sumex. A host of runaway >FTP processes are blocking most other attempts to log on. I wouldn't count >on being able to access the archive during the next few days. Hang in there! > >Bill ------------------------------ -- Ellen Brewer (ebrewer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu) "Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco."