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But first I have to ask to network +</I>><i> administrator. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> From my own experience, I never saw bittorent so efficient for +</I>><i> downloading, except it reduce the bandwidth for the team making the iso +</I>><i> available (and this is still not sure). +</I> +I agree (for what it's worth). +Technically, it is possible, and a number of applications such as aria2c +can use bittorrent. +However the only time something like bittorrent is significantly +beneficial is when a large number of users with high uploading bandwidth +download the same large files (such as ISOs) at about the same time. +Which is only likely to occur shortly after a new release. When in +addition to reducing bandwidth load on participating mirrors, makes +downloads for such users faster. (I would say largely due to reduced +traffic on the mirrors.) +At other times, it tends to just add a bit of bandwidth usage to such +mirrors. +Still, it could be useful to have a few such mirrors, especially later +on when Mageia is more established, At least around release time. + +><i> BTW: It's time to find mirrors for the distribution ! Any volunteer ? +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://mirrors.mageia.org/">http://mirrors.mageia.org/</A> +</I> +I'll contact some local mirrors to see if they will. (Mandriva had one, +up to 2009.) + +><i> Regards. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> cheers, +</I>>><i> Marcello +</I> +regards +-- +André +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002102.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposal for Mageia: implement bitorrent protocol to allow updates download +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002122.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposal for Mageia: implement bitorrent protocol to allow updates download +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2105">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2105">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2105">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2105">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |