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I've had terrible experiences downloading large files over HTTP. I'm not sure why, range requests don't seem to be reliable or well supported. Something like Bi
by Flimm 3y ago
I've had terrible experiences downloading large files over HTTP. I'm not sure why, range requests don't seem to be reliable or well supported. Something like BitTorrent is much better for large files: it divides the large file into chunks and hashes each chunk, and by default the chunks are downloaded in random order. BitTorrent seems much more reliable than range requests.
- otherme123 3y agoSame here. I downloaded some ~100Gb files, and everytime the connection broke, after relaunching, the shasum never matched. Even when the file size was exactly the same that the server reported.