As a simple benchmark for current metadata download throughput, I timed metadata download throughput with
% time wget "wayf.incommonfederation.org/InCommon/InCommon-metadata.xml" |
Throughput from a lightly loaded and well connected (but not throughput tuned) system located in Oregon looked like:
--2013-06-26 16:11:25-- http://wayf.incommonfederation.org/InCommon/InCommon-metadata.xml Resolving wayf.incommonfederation.org... 207.75.165.125 Connecting to wayf.incommonfederation.org|207.75.165.125|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 7139737 (6.8M) [application/xml] Saving to: “InCommon-metadata.xml” 100%[======================================>] 7,139,737 2.15M/s in 3.2s 2013-06-26 16:11:28 (2.15 MB/s) - “InCommon-metadata.xml” saved [7139737/7139737] 0.007u 0.075s 0:03.52 1.9% 0+0k 72+13952io 1pf+0w |
My conclusion from that would be that at least from my location, for the current-sized InCommon Metadata file, throughput is currently sufficiently fast.