Re: Apple updates - Effect on network

[Jorge Amodio <jmamodio () gmail com>]

On top of all that add that there are many apps that have also been
updated today to be in sync with new iOS features.

-J

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net> wrote:
> The simple updates for a single machine today range in the 700mb-1.5gb or more range 10.7.2+iTunes+one iOS image. 
> With a variety of devices it could easily be 4gb+ per user. Many broadband users are seeing slow akamai speeds 
> because of these updates. I've seen 2+ hour download times myself....
>
> Jared Mauch
>
> On Oct 12, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Chad Burnham <cburnham () du edu> wrote:
>
> > HI,
> >
> > Our GigaPOP (Front Range GigaPOP) and our own Akamai cache server's traffic
> > jumped significantly today.  The theory (no data) is the Apple updates
> > released today.
> >
> > Chad Burnham
> > University of Denver
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zachary McGibbon [mailto:zachary.mcgibbon+nanog () gmail com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 2:10 PM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Apple updates - Affect on network
> >
> > With all of Apple's updates today (MacOS, iOS, Apps, etc) we saw a big
> > increase on one of our links to our ISP at 1pm Eastern.
> >
> > Did anyone else notice significant traffic jumps on their networks?