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I've worked at trading firms where the "reference data master" file is usually a big json or equivalent. To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they w
by alexpotato 15d ago
I've worked at trading firms where the "reference data master" file is usually a big json or equivalent.
To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they would often use private bittorent to distribute the file out.
- mococa 15d agoSame here. Inspired by both, I used to delivery videos over torrent to in door machines since at that time, there's no CDNs (or it was difficult to get one).
- mitxela 15d agoAs a private network, they have the option of multicast.
- alexpotato 14d agoWhen I retire and/or get "F You" money, I'm going to publicly tell a story about multicast, bittorrent and "not invented here" syndrome.
- ehe78qhe 14d agoI've seen this used for distributing container images in networks with awkward network topologies (e.g. a lot of bandwidth within a site or sub-site but limited bandwidth to central registries)