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And why bother splitting up large files when most clients can resume partial HTTP requests?

• raverbashing 13y ago
  Well... Fat32 FSs don't support files > 2GB But yeah, it's silly.
  • rbanffy 13y ago
    Somehow, I imagine they are not hosting these off FAT32 filesystems. Maybe it's IIS that isn't very good with partial HTTP requests... ;-)
    • mh- 13y ago
      FAT32 is common on portable storage (SD cards, USB 'thumb' drives), especially when cross-platform support is a concern.
      • rbanffy 13y ago
        I understand that FAT32 has a role in portable storage. What I fail to understand is the relation between USB drives and serving VM images.
        • mentat 13y ago
          Sneakernet moving of files to non-network connected devices.
          • rbanffy 13y ago
            And how common would that use case be when we are talking about virtual machines used in web development?
            • raverbashing 13y ago
              Very common Copying a 4GB file through a congested wi-fi connection may be very slow It's easier and faster to copy to a good USB drive
              • warfangle 13y ago
                Or, uh, use cat6.