Stephen Frost wrote:
* Marc G. Fournier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
we're not talking load issues this time ... the way I understand it,
bittorrent has a 'tracker' process that only one can be running on the "BT
Distributed Network" at once ... so, if the bt "central server" goes down,
the who
* Marc G. Fournier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> we're not talking load issues this time ... the way I understand it,
> bittorrent has a 'tracker' process that only one can be running on the "BT
> Distributed Network" at once ... so, if the bt "central server" goes down,
> the whole bt network go
Thomas Hallgren wrote:
Gaetano Mendola wrote:
...so the very first client is the real server
that must be run 24/24.
I don't think this is correct. You need a tracker for downloaders to be
able to find each other but no client is more important than the others.
I'm sorry to say that you're wrong.
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:28:31AM -0600, Gavin M. Roy wrote:
> To a degree you are correct. AFAIK new downloads could not start if the
> tracker crashed. The tracker is the traffic cop that tells peer nodes
> about each other. I dont believe the tracker that comes from the main
> bit torrent
To a degree you are correct. AFAIK new downloads could not start if the
tracker crashed. The tracker is the traffic cop that tells peer nodes
about each other. I dont believe the tracker that comes from the main
bit torrent author allows for multiple trackers with a common data
repository, bu
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote:
No you can not, but the tracker isn't very resource intesive from my past
experience. I can host it if needed.
It wasn't that that I was thinking of ... just wondering if there was some
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote:
No you can not, but the tracker isn't very resource intesive from my
past experience. I can host it if needed.
It wasn't that that I was thinking of ... just wondering if there was
some way of having it redundant, instead of centr
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote:
No you can not, but the tracker isn't very resource intesive from my past
experience. I can host it if needed.
It wasn't that that I was thinking of ... just wondering if there was some
way of having it redundant, instead of centralized ... nice thing abo
No you can not, but the tracker isn't very resource intesive from my
past experience. I can host it if needed.
Gavin
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
Gaetano Mendola wrote:
...so the very first client is the real server
that must be run 24/24.
I don't think thi
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 08:43:56PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
>
> >Gaetano Mendola wrote:
> >>...so the very first client is the real server that must be run
> >>24/24.
> >>
> >I don't think this is correct. You need a tracker for downloaders
> >to
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
Gaetano Mendola wrote:
...so the very first client is the real server
that must be run 24/24.
I don't think this is correct. You need a tracker for downloaders to be able
to find each other but no client is more important than the others.
can there be mu
Gaetano Mendola wrote:
...so the very first client is the real server
that must be run 24/24.
I don't think this is correct. You need a tracker for downloaders to be
able to find each other but no client is more important than the others.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
| On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
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|> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
|>
|>> What about the Java version that Gavin had mentioned? Aegus or
|>> something like that?
|>>
|> http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
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|
| There is a Fr
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:06:40AM -0600, Jeff Hoffmann wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>The download servers have enough bandwidth to serve any client
> >>faster than the client can take. The traffic on the download
> >>servers is not reduced, only distributed differently. I don't see
> >>a
* Marc G. Fournier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >The download servers have enough bandwidth to serve any client faster than
> >the client can take. The traffic on the download servers is not reduced,
> >only distributed differently. I don't see any a
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
The download servers have enough bandwidth to serve any client faster
than
the client can take. The traffic on the download servers is not reduced,
only distributed differently. I don't see any advantage.
Actually, and here is where I exhibit my total lack of knowledge o
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Am Montag, 22. November 2004 17:40 schrieb David Fetter:
A much slimmed-down bt.postgresql.org is now serving it. :)
Out of curiosity, what purpose does a bittorrent source serve in this case?
I've always just seen it as an alternative option for downloa
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 05:33:15PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Montag, 22. November 2004 17:40 schrieb David Fetter:
> > A much slimmed-down bt.postgresql.org is now serving it. :)
>
> Out of curiosity, what purpose does a bittorrent source serve in
> this case?
BitTorrent was designed to
Am Montag, 22. November 2004 17:40 schrieb David Fetter:
> A much slimmed-down bt.postgresql.org is now serving it. :)
Out of curiosity, what purpose does a bittorrent source serve in this case?
The download servers have enough bandwidth to serve any client faster than
the client can take. The
It's all peer to peer client type stuff with the exception of the
tracker server.
Gavin
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
What about the Java version that Gavin had mentioned? Aegus or
something like that?
http://azureus.sourceforge.net
The problem is it requires a box with X on it. (ie it's not console
Java, it's gui java) I don't have a server to run it on right now, but
will be readdressing server allocations shortly and may be able to set
something up with x/vnc and would be happy to use that as a primary bt
seeding site
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
There is a FreeBSD port of it also but it says "A BitTorrent client
written in Java" ... does it work as server too, or, by its nature, are
servers == clients in Bittorrent? :)
Yes. While you're downloading, others might pick bits and pieces from
the segmetns that you've
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
What about the Java version that Gavin had mentioned? Aegus or something
like that?
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
There is a FreeBSD port of it also but it says "A BitTorrent client
written in Java" ... does it work as server
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
What about the Java version that Gavin had mentioned? Aegus or
something like that?
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, David Fetter wrote:
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:49:25PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, David Fetter wrote:
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
Check her out and let me know if there are any problems ... I've
changed the mk scrip
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:49:25PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, David Fetter wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>
> >>Check her out and let me know if there are any problems ... I've
> >>changed the mk script to pull in the bet
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, David Fetter wrote:
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
Check her out and let me know if there are any problems ... I've
changed the mk script to pull in the beta3 man pages that I found
in the dev/doc directory ...
A much slimmed-down bt.postgresq
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> Check her out and let me know if there are any problems ... I've
> changed the mk script to pull in the beta3 man pages that I found
> in the dev/doc directory ...
A much slimmed-down bt.postgresql.org is now serving it. :)
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