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[SM-Discuss] Re: distributed/peer-to-peer mirroring
- From: "Mathieu L" <lejatorn AT linuxmail.org>
- To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [SM-Discuss] Re: distributed/peer-to-peer mirroring
- Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 16:45:06 +0000
> 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 You could download a file that's outdated without any trouble, It'll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
>
Count me in.
Though my box won't be running 24/24.
Mathieu.
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