On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:12:30 +0100, André Sala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But the problem, it seems, with BITS is that it makes a substantial > number of webserver requests. If you look at your server log you > might think that BITS is hammering your bandwidth because of the high > number of requests. This is because it is making requests to the > server for small chunks of a file rather than one request for the > whole file itself. Once it has collected all of the bits of a file, > it marks it as being finished and makes the file available to the > user. Doesn't that create a substantial (and unnecessary) amount of overhead for the webserver to deal with? Why use this technology at all? - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
