Compression Tests
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I set up my test environment to simulate a central office with two remote offices connected via T1 (1.5 Mbps) lines. First I installed the SR-55 and designated it as the registration server, which keeps track of the other SRs on the network.
For my baseline test I transferred a 1-MB text file via FTP. It transferred in 5.61 seconds at 187 KB per second (approximately 1,496 Kbps). I then transferred the same file five times consecutively with the SRs on. The transmission time progressively decreased from 2.94 seconds to 0.18 seconds at 5,799.64 KB per second. I repeated the test with a 1.1-MB PDF file; its transfer speed went from 206.23 KB per second to 387 KB per second. Finally, I transferred a 50-MB Windows Cabinet File. The initial test ran at 182.14 KB per second and subsequent runs took just as long. That's because there is very little repetition in a Cab File. Overall, I saw an average 25 percent to 50 percent reduction in file size.
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