Re: [freenet-chat] Basic question about inserts

[Aaron P Ingebrigtsen]

My understanding is that a node sends a request to more than one node at the same time.  Maybe that isn't the case.  But if my notion is correct then that means that there is no way of knowing how many nodes your request has been sent to unless you sent it with an htl of 1. :)   Even an htl of 2 can mean that your request was sent to 6 or 15 nodes or something.  It depends upon how each node is setup and how many multaneous connections it actualy achieves in the process of sending a request on to other nodes.  Also, nodes can be busy just like any server or network system.  You may be able to get the file at a low traffic period of time.   On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:16:06 +1200 "David McNab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: When a typical file gets inserted, how many nodes actually end up with a copy of the file? If I have htl=n, does this mean the file actually gets cached onto n nodes?   I ask because I inserted some stuff at a high htl For various reasons, I've had to delete my datastore, and now I can't retrieve this stuff, no matter what request htl I use.   Otherwise, could this be related to a high percentage of nodes being transient?   Cheers David