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> good single-source performance (unlike BitTorrent) Is that true? I've never had use for it, but I've heard of people copying files from one machine to anothe
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> good single-source performance (unlike BitTorrent)
Is that true? I've never had use for it, but I've heard of people copying files from one machine to another with it and they seemed to think it worked well.
- nicce 2y agoSingle source performance is good if the source uploads with the desired download speed for a single leech. This is not always true.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoWell... Sure? Unless I've missed a trick, I don't think it's physically possible to make a protocol that's not bottlenecked on the cumulative upload speed, which in the single-uploader case is the upload speed of that uploader. I would argue that the question is purely a matter of if bittorrent can or cannot saturate a given uplink if there is a single uploader, and I thought the answer is either yes or that it can get really close.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoIt's also a little extra chatty if the seeder turns on super-seeding mode. (refuse to send more pieces to a peer until that peer sends it to another) Bittorrent can be almost (hashing) as fast as http if you add a web seed though, something many people don't know about.