[IRCServices Coding] Cygnus

Elijah admin at nevernet.net
Thu Apr 11 01:25:02 PDT 2002


I think he said REAL network. DALnet just attempts to be a network
between netsplits and lag bursts :)

ELIJAH(1)

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From: ircservices-coding-admin at ircservices.za.net
[mailto:ircservices-coding-admin at ircservices.za.net] On Behalf Of Finny
Merrill
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:22 AM
To: ircservices-coding at ircservices.za.net
Subject: Re: [IRCServices Coding] Cygnus


On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Andrew Church wrote:

>      I still haven't heard of a _real_ network with 100k users, but 
> even

You've never heard of dalnet?

> assuming that's comparable to a real-world circumstance, Services 
> frankly isn't designed to handle that many users.  I haven't put any 
> focus at all on speed in version 5.0, either--my priorities are (1) 
> get it working and
> (2) get it stable and secure.  If it works with 100k users, great, if
not,
> don't use it; unlike some people (*cough*M$*cough*) I don't claim my
> software is the best for every imaginable circumstance.
> 
>      Also, it's worth noting that Services' I/O engine has been 
> completely redesigned for 5.0, so any comparisons done with 4.x don't 
> count.
> 
Actually, if I remember correctly 5.0 was slower. May be because of
added 
features

It's of point to note that both versions of ircservices sent a lot more 
to the server. Any idea what this could be?

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