slow update and freezing occurs

[Guest]

slow update, freezing and lockout seem to happen each
time i update definitions but after definition update is
finish it goes back to normal. please improve, optimize
the definition update process. updating MSAS definition
is a pain in the ass.

 

[Alan]

If you are using a dial-up connection this to to be
expected. The cumulative size of the two files that make
up the definition files is about 4 MBs. Trying to
download these two files using dial-up is like trying to
run a marathon with a ball and chain attached to both
legs, painful and slow!

The actual size of the two files for the current
definition set is 4,133,532 bytes (4,133.532 KBs).
Assuming a storage rate of about 4.5 KB/s, this means the
download should take about 15 minutes, give or take, with
a dial-up connection. My broadband connection's storage
rate is about 552.6 KB/s. This means that it usualy
takes about 10 - 20 seconds for me to download the
updates.

The same applies to trying to download updates for Ad-
Aware. When I used a dial-up connection (oh the agony!)
to download the updates, it took about 5 - 10 minutes to
download. When I finally got RoadRunner, it took only 5 -
10 seconds!

Since the price of most high-speed Internet connections
is about $40 and the cost of most dial-up connections is
about $15-25, then the people using a high-speed
connection are definitely getting a better connection
speed-to-price ratio. Ever since I went to college, I
just can't go back to the regular dial-up Internet, it's
TOO SLOW!

The real pain is trying to do anything online using a
dial-up connection.

Alan

 

[Guest]

sbc dsl is cheaper i think it's $14

-----Original Message-----
If you are using a dial-up connection this to to be
expected. The cumulative size of the two files that make
up the definition files is about 4 MBs. Trying to
download these two files using dial-up is like trying to
run a marathon with a ball and chain attached to both
legs, painful and slow!

The actual size of the two files for the current
definition set is 4,133,532 bytes (4,133.532 KBs).
Assuming a storage rate of about 4.5 KB/s, this means the
download should take about 15 minutes, give or take, with
a dial-up connection. My broadband connection's storage
rate is about 552.6 KB/s. This means that it usualy
takes about 10 - 20 seconds for me to download the
updates.

The same applies to trying to download updates for Ad-
Aware. When I used a dial-up connection (oh the agony!)
to download the updates, it took about 5 - 10 minutes to
download. When I finally got RoadRunner, it took only 5 -
10 seconds!

Since the price of most high-speed Internet connections
is about $40 and the cost of most dial-up connections is
about $15-25, then the people using a high-speed
connection are definitely getting a better connection
speed-to-price ratio. Ever since I went to college, I
just can't go back to the regular dial-up Internet, it's
TOO SLOW!

The real pain is trying to do anything online using a
dial-up connection.

Alan

.

 

[Alan]

Live more than three miles from the server (dsl's speed
is dependent upon how far you live away from the server).

As a rule of thumb, if you live within three miles away
from the server, you will get the fastest connection
speed. The connection speeds fall off the farther you
live away from the server.

Plus, RoadRunner is almost 3-5 times faster than dsl's
standard package (100 times than of standard dial-up).
Don't have a contract (no early termination fees and
don't have to live with dsl if I don't like it). Don't
have to buy any equipment.

Alan