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  • From: Cory S <fubeca AT gmail.com>
  • To: Karsten Behrmann <bearperson AT gmx.net>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] distributed/peer-to-peer mirroring
  • Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 07:52:52 -0600

I think it sounds pretty cool. Anyone else?


On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:23:32 +0200, Karsten Behrmann <bearperson AT gmx.net>
wrote:
> Hey all!
> Just wanted to bring this up again, it was on the list years ago, IIRC.
> The basic idea is that everyone willing runs an ftp server on their
> /var/spool/sorcery, giving us a huge network of mirrors.
>
> You could download a file that's outdated without any trouble, It'll
> stick around for a bit.
> Also, you could download a large file in parts from different servers,
> using all your available bandwidth for a change.
>
> What's the count on people interested?
> Who could run a central server for round-robin?
> Maybe we can get this thing running this time!
> So Far,
> Karsten Behrmann
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