---------- > From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> > To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; usgenweb-all-l@rootsweb.com; rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com; listowners@rootsweb.com > Cc: rootsweb-members@rootsweb.com; Dr. Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> > Subject: RootsWeb in September -- 207,360,000,000 Bytes Served > Date: Saturday, October 25, 1997 11:31 PM > > > Sorry about the latest report to date -- we've been so busy that > we just didn't have the time to compile our statistics for July > and August. Anyway, in September RootsWeb served about: > > o 14,687,507 Web files (10,806,579 in June) from 1,891 > Websites. > - 4,462,656 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) > (3,405,973 in June). > - 1,777,881 were cgi-bin database searches and such. > (1,711,484 in June). > - 8,317,545 were GIFs (7,560,589) or JPEGs (756,956) > (5,689,122 in June were GIFs (5,220,285) or JPEGs > (468,837). > > o 427,565 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives > and the ROOTS-L Library (306,827 in June). > > o We've lost count of how much mail we're shipping to > the 1,900+ mailing lists we host, but last month it > was in the neighborhood of 60-90,000,000 million pieces. > > o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles > to hosts on three continents (same as June). > > o Approximately 207,360,000,000 bytes in total > (158,630,400,000 in June). > > In summary, we've had roughly a 36% growth in Web use over > the last 3 months. Looking at the growth in number and activity > of the mailing lists, I would guess that mailing list traffic > has increased in a similar fashion. > > In the last three months, we have added several new server > machines and next Monday we will begin using our second T-1 > connection to the Internet. These additions have significantly > increased our costs of operation, but they were essential if > we were to continue to properly support the Internet > genealogical community. > > As always, RootsWeb remains supported by user contributions. > Folks who would like to become a RootsWeb Member or Sponsor > (the cost is very modest) are invited to visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > Thanks to everyone who participates in RootsWeb -- clearly folks > are continuing to exchanging a great deal of information! -B > > > -- > Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L > RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ > P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com >