Hi Jeff, Kracked, Marc Let me know if I am missing some thing. Can't we use the BitTorrent tracker hosted by the TDF? http://tracker.documentfoundation.org:6969/
Thanks, Lyle Cochran On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Jeff Chimene <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On 02/28/2011 09:25 PM, Jeff Chimene wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:59 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press > Productions< > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 02/28/2011 03:06 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > >>> > >>> <snip> > >> > >> > >> BTW ... we are also looking for space on a server for our ISO as well > as > >>> > >>>> possibility to ftp into the server account. > >>>> > >>>> To reiterate: Drew and I talked about this at SCaLE, and it seems > that > >> we're > >> better off using P2P to distribute the ISO image. this was also the > >> recommendation from RackSpace. > >> > >> I'd recommend with Tim create and post the .torrent to a tracker of his > >> choosing, and provide the initial seed. After that, it's off to the > races! > >> > >> Cheers, > >> jec > >> > >> Never really dealt with .torrent stuff, so I do not know anything about > > offering it from a file that I create. > > > > Well, there's lots of stuff on the web about it. Here's a recipe: > > Ingredients: > o BitTorrent client > o tracker > o input file > > On demand, the BitTorrent software creates a .torrent file. "A *torrent > file > * stores metadata used for > BitTorrent<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29>" > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file > > The initial seeder (you) uploads the .torrent to a tracker You may have to > create a (usually free) account on the tracker. If that's an issue, I'd be > happy to create the tracker account and upload the .torrent. A tracker is > "... a server <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_%28computing%29> that > assists in the communication between > peers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer>using the BitTorrent > protocol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29>" See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker > > In our case, you then send a message to the marketing list with the > torrent's URL; which step is usually not necessary, since those hunting for > a file know to search trackers. However, since we won't know when you're > ready to start seeding, you have to tell us. This step introduces the > concept of the seeder. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_BitTorrent#Seeder > > Those who are interested in the ISO will then download the .torrent file > and > tell their client software to get the file associated with that .torrent > file. This step introduces the concept of the leecher. > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leecher#P2P_networks_and_BitTorrent > > So if there will be a .torrent version > > > No. See above. The .torrent is metadata. > > > > of the DVD I am working on, I would need a lot of help doing that, > > > That's what your client software is for. ISTR you're running Ubuntu? There > are several BitTorrent clients available for that distro. See, for example, > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BitTorrent. I will be available to help > once the client software is installed. You tell me which client you select, > I'll install it on my workstation and we'll go through the steps necessary > to create a .torrent. > > and cannot host the file[s] on my domain account > > > The ISO file won't be on your domain account. It will be on your > workstation. The .torrent file will be on your workstation and on the > tracker. > > since it would be a repository and that is not in my contract. > > > Agreed. Not a problem. > > > > I cannot even upload that size of file in any file extension. I think > > between 500Meg and 1GB is the limit per file size. > > > You won't be uploading it like that. The BitTorrent client will handle the > uploads instead. Your client software will allow you to adjust your upload > bandwidth so that you don't consume all your bandwidth in a short amount of > time. > > You can even power down your workstation during the initial seed; downloads > in progress will resume when your workstation comes online. Once the file > is > entirely distributed, the number of seeders will be > 1 (see above, seeders > vs. leechers). > > Cheers, > jec > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Lyle Cochran www.bytepowered.org [email protected] Ohio, U.S. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
