Re: [expert] Download managers !

[Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root]

"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
> 
> Ron Stodden wrote:
> >
> > I feel sure the original questioner was referring to the ability of
> > the Windows GetRight downloader to divide the file to be downloaded
> > into up to 10 (number is user-specified) contiguous equal chunks and
> > download them all in parallel, resulting in a single downloaded file,
> > but up to 10 times faster download.
> 
> 10 times faster? Me thinks you are dreaming. Bandwidth is bandwidth, and
> there's only so much. Whether you set up 10 simultaneous downloads or do
> only one, you are going to get the file in the same period of time.

Bandwidth is only as fast as the slowest part of the route.  It matters
not that you have a T3 if the ftp server you connect to only has 64k
ISDN.  In a more realistic example, many of the popular ftp sites are
overloaded, and rarely do you get maximum use of your bandwidth.  By
using multiple ftp servers you can maximize throughput.

The GetRight feature allows connection to multiple ftp sites to get
around that problem.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Ozz.