Am Donnerstag, 21. August 2003, 10:29:55 Uhr MET, schrieb Warly:
> > Could we get some kind of p2p solution up and running? With so many people
> > wanting to keep a local cooker tree, it would seem self-evident that we
> > should be taking advantage of this technology. A cooker torrent would be
> > excellent! (does BitTorrent handle large numbers of files easily?).
> This would be could, someone could investigate on that topic?
The problem isn't the number of files but the frequent file changes.
If one file changes you'll have to regenerate the torrent which
involves the calculation of the md5 sums of the complete data. This
takes a lot of processing time. Maybe bittorrent could be improved by
making it cache some md5 sums for the unchanged chunks of data.
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the
homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"
