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--- Mark Brown <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Omeger's,
>
> this is a test of the automated data service. each
> day at 3:20pm and
> 7:15am a data file will be loaded on the below
> web site. only the
> session that has just completed will be available at
> this free site.
>
> questions/suggestions can be mailed to
> webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> if anyone is interested in a fee based (yea
> right?) historical data
> site. i am open to suggestions, i currently have
> all omega data that
> was ever supplied back to 95 as well as much
> much more data of all
> types. i simply can not provide his for free,
> bandwidth is becoming
> a commodity not to mention i would have to
> dedicated a couple of
> machines just for this. i just need to cover cost,
> make suggestions.
This site is a great start Mark. Good work. A few
comments:
1: I think bandwidth for traders is only important
during market hours. The shared data site I was
thinking of would only allow access during market
hours for this reason. Bandwidth during non-market
hours really should be free since you are forced to
pay for it anyway.
A line of code such as
if time<900 and time >1630 then process login
else loginfail=true ...
or more likely one DOS script that kills off a an ftp
server (see e.g. http://www.wftpd.com/products.htm )
which is run at 800 central each morning and another
at 1530 central via a windows calendar program would
do the trick. Please explain why I am wrong here.
2: Even a slow 200 mhz pc can easily handle 10 open
simultaneous 5 kB/s ftp connections with minimal cpu
usage (though it helps to increase the size of the
disk cache on such a machine). I think there is no
need for a dedicated machine unless there are going to
be more users than this. Do you really think 100
people would be using your site during off hours? If
so, great --- paying $5 / month /person = $500 / month
to help pay for cost of dedicated pc. I for one can
totally afford that. Other opinions? Or is it just
Mark and I who care? If so there is no interest, you
all can go with the usual suspects like CIS data @
$500 a pop.
> them take the hits. a permanent solution however
> will take at least 10
> to 200 gigs of space and they only provide 15 megs.
Exactly how much space does it take to hold 2 years of
compressed US market (stock+futures+indices) tick
data?
I am guessing only a few gigs. Am I wrong? Why
10-200 gigs?
Jack
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