Once a torrent has started, I can start seeding as well. I can dedicate a box for that and a good chunk of bandwidth.
Aaron On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Tim Krabec <[email protected]> wrote: > if I 've got some time tonight I'll upload my stuff and start a torrent of > what I got. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Bit torrent would be ok for sharing after the con but sharing during >> the event is harder because people seem to be happy leaving usb drives >> around but not their laptops. >> >> It would have to be on a private network as we wouldn't want to go on >> the main Shmoocon network and max that one out even though it might >> give more people access if they could leave their machines in their >> rooms collecting data. >> >> Robin >> >> On 10 February 2010 14:58, David Auclair <[email protected]> wrote: >> > This sounds like the perfect application for BitTorrent. >> > >> > Without getting into too many details, a group I know wanted to >> > distribute a 5GB dataset to ~100 computers. They distributed it via >> > BitTorrent, and they maxed out the bandwidth of their network. (all ports >> > on the switches were saturated bidirectionally) >> > >> > -Dave >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> On Behalf Of Robin Wood >> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:22 PM >> >> To: PaulDotCom Mailing List >> >> Subject: [Pauldotcom] Shmoocon Rainbow Table Swapshop >> >> >> >> So, Shmoocon is over and the swapshop happened. Unfortunately it >> >> wasn't as successful as it could have been but for the first attempt I >> >> think it went OK. >> >> >> >> A number of people donated tables and others leached sets, the problem >> >> turned out to be that the initial donation was about 300GB and to copy >> >> that from one external disk to a second was taking up to 7 hours, when >> >> two people were copying that time shot up even more. >> >> >> >> When I get back home to the UK I'll do an inventory of what I >> >> collected and find some way to share it out to those who want copies. >> >> I'll also have a play with different methods of running the system to >> >> try to drop that time down to something more manageable. >> >> >> >> Thanks to Darren and Larry for donating hardware and the PaulDotCom >> >> crew in general for keeping an eye on the setup while I was running >> >> round doing other con activities. >> >> >> >> Robin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pauldotcom mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > -- > Tim Krabec > Kracomp > 772-597-2349 > smbminute.com > kracomp.blogspot.com > www.kracomp.com > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
