From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 16 16:50:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AB1611020 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:50:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA08801; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:50:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id QAA96997; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:50:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <36C9F60F.7AE40274@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:50:50 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in LWN interview with A.C. Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > Doing a single block transfer of a bunch of files (or changes) > is always faster than starting numerous different connections to > transfer individual files. CVSup has been very carefully optimized > to use the network resources in an efficient manner, something that > more general-purpose programs can't (or at least won't) do. In case anybody is interested, last week I made a brief write-up describing how CVSup manages to go fast. Go to here: http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/ and then follow the link "How does CVSup go so fast?". There is also some related stuff in the "CVSup in Action" page. I would welcome editorial suggestions. I am probably too immersed in the project to be able to recognize whether the description is understandable or not. :-) John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message