From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 07:34:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B93C16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:34:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84AD43D1D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:34:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@thefrys.com) Received: from lucy (cpe-24-33-240-92.twmi.rr.com [24.33.240.92]) iA87Yalv024824 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:34:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Joseph H. Fry" To: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:35:11 -0500 Message-ID: <002301c4c565$7b82e080$f100a8c0@lucy> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <418EEDE4.1040000@nbritton.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: RE: re bittorrent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:34:40 -0000 Not to mention, if there are enough clients hosting, then downloads can often be faster. Why? Because partial downloads can be pulled from multiple sources. I just downloaded the miniinst iso in under 15min at an average rate of about 360KB/s from a pool of 10 servents (bittorrent server/clients). The only way I could get it that fast with FTP is if I used getright or someother ftp client that allows for splitting a download across multiple FTP servers. Now of course the real benefit comes just after a release when everyone and their uncle is downloading a copy and the FTP servers are extra busy. When things slow down a bit it's not as big a benefit. ---- Joe Fry ---- (joe@thefrys.com) > >> Why do you download with bittorrent as opposed to FTP?