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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Well he said they had too many users per segment, so by that I assume he means the node sizes need to be reduced as realistically the only way to reduce the users is either to move some to another segment, or split the node into smaller nodes. If there is a 3rd way someone is welcome to tell me.
So the way I see it if VM are to reduce node sizes in an attempt to support higher speeds then its logical to have those nodes still as one but with the extra capacity instead.
Do you agree its less probable to have 4 200mbit users active at once on a 800mbit pipe than it is 2 200mbit users on a 400mbit pipe?
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Yes all of us agree with that I think. 4 people are less likely to be using the system all at once than 2 people, whatever the size of the pipe. Someone is more likely brewing a cup of tea or taking a dump. It makes sense, for statistical reasons, to put more people in bigger pipes than spreading them over a number of smaller pipes.
You feel that Ignitions logic regarding size of nodes is to have smaller ones to increase capacity, which appears to be contradictory to the above logic.
Well I am sure Ignition can square that logic somehow by pointing out some misconception you may have.
Meanwhile, I do not understand why, if on the Coventry trial we had a 10Gb pipe in reserve, more capacity cannot be put in from the centre. Here I reveal the fact that I need to do some reading. I do know that Coventry was chosen for the trials because it had spare slots at street level. Is that the point then? It is the limited capacity at street level that is the problem and that architectural decisions made historically have limited that capacity, though in some locations more than others. You can only do so much by upgrading kit, such as network cards.
A dullard like me would just say, "Lay some more fibre down then!" I guess that is too expensive.
Perhaps someone could point me in the direction of some really good descriptions of how the network works, so I do not continue stumbling into these conversations knowing less than half the theory!
Edit.............................The above was written whilst Kwikbreaks was responding