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>They also aggressively hash data chucks to avoid storing the same data from different people twice If one user uploads a large movie and another goes to uploa
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>They also aggressively hash data chucks to avoid storing the same data from different people twice
If one user uploads a large movie and another goes to upload the same large movie, is the upload nearly instant then as a result? Do they sha1 the file, decide it is the same, and then just make an association that this file is now used by two users?
- oiujhygtfyhjuk 16y agoYes - at least when I upload identical large data chunks on different machines the second one finishes instantly. It also means moves and renames of files in the dropbox folder are instant