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This seems like a great way to deploy code and files to thousands of servers. Anyone here already using BitTorrent for deployment?
by tomkinstinch 14y ago
This seems like a great way to deploy code and files to thousands of servers.
Anyone here already using BitTorrent for deployment?
- ominous_prime 14y agoMany years ago, I used BT to distribute multi-GB files across some clusters. Anecdotally, it worked great! Didn't need to do it again though, so I never cleaned up or documented the process.
- nthitz 14y agoTorrentFreak had a few articles about Twitter and FB using BitTorrent for deployment http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-makes-twitters-server-deployment-75-faster-100716/ http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-makes-twitters-server-dep... http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-uses-bittorrent-and-they-love-it-100625/ http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-uses-bittorrent-and-they-lo... More recently Ars wrote about it as well http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-facebook-release-engineering/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-t...