Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:14:27 +0300 From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> Subject: Re: more automated fetch of ISO-IMAGES & ports Message-ID: <33AEED2F-800F-4DE2-AAA5-8A8E60736426@nokia.com> In-Reply-To: <20090407145512.1EC781CC50@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090407145512.1EC781CC50@ptavv.es.net>
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--Apple-Mail-13-964546681 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2009-4-7, at 17:55, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Use BitTorrent for all file distribution, it does all that. Yes, I'm >> half serious. > > Why only half? I have pulled FreeBSD ISOs via torrent and it was > stunning to see the performance. Half, because getting a BitTorrent infrastructure in place for the ports distfiles wold take a bit of effort. Lars > > The system I was loading it to had (at the time) only a fastE > (100Mbps), > but it loaded at a steady 90+ Mbps and spent a lot of time above > 95M. Now that I am connected from that system at 1000M, I should see > how > it does. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --Apple-Mail-13-964546681--
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