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Some games use torrents to distribute the bandwidth for updates. Some server applications use torrents to sync large files across many servers.

• comprev 3y ago
  I remember reading about a large tech company who used torrents to distribute new releases internally.
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  • chislobog 3y ago
    Facebook, Twitter, Eanes ebay all use torrents internally for various things. The story might be https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-facebook-release-engineering/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/exclu... https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/engineering/bittorrent-for-package-distribution-in-the-enterprise/ https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/engineering/bittorrent-f... https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2010/murder-fast-datacenter-code-deploys-using-bittorrent https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2010/murder-fas... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3803026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3803026