On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jesse Keating wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 11:47 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> >>> Everyone seeds for people, the server should not be seeding more than 1-2 >>> clients, who then seed other, and others, leaving the server to do only >>> bookkeeping. >> >> This is the classic torrent problem, particularly with rapid torrents. > > Wrong. This is the nature of torrenting. It seems you are dead-set against > bittorrent so this will be my last discussion on it. In the end the variables that need to be looked at are: A = number of primary seeds. B = size of the data being blocked off. C = time it takes to get to the primary seeds D = time it takes to get a download from those seeds. E = Amount of time that the data is useful. There are also limiting factors in the number of networks that allow bittorrent. Many ISPs and backbones bandwidth shape it down or limit the number of peers a person can see. There is also whether the bandwidth is asyncrynous or not. Ok the next part is all about experience without any actual numbers put to it. From experience seeing previous downloads.. the number of primary peers is 1-2. [Now when having to deal with pirated music, movie, or game dvd the numbers are usually a lot higher.] The amount of time to get the seeds ready is 4 hours and due to other restrictions a lot of people seem to take 8-16 hours to get a download done via bittorrent. If they do not (or cannot) peer that makes things slower. That basically says that testing 1/day is not feasible for accurate data. Maybe 1/week is possible but it all depends on the number of sites that are willing to be primary peers and with bandwidth costs going up.. my guess is that is a limited amount. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
