On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:04 PM Andrew Hewus Fresh <and...@afresh1.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 11:03:07PM +0800, A A wrote: > > Hello,? Some Linux distros use torrent to distribute installers (such as > > iso file), it will reduce server's capacity and bandwith, and accelerate > > download. Is it possible to use torrent to distribute OpenBSD too?? > Looking > > forward to your reply! > > I have been hosting OpenBSD torrents on http://openbsd.somedomain.net/ > for nearly 10 years now. They exist, but really they aren't useful. > Hosting bandwidth has grown significantly faster than the size of > OpenBSD and as mentioned elsewhere, cdn.openbsd.org will almost > certainly give you better performance than using torrents. > > So my answer, after many years of experience, is that yes it's possible > to distribute the OpenBSD installer and such as torrents. The only > reason to ever do it was to be able to say they exist. They don't > improve anyone's experience, so in general you shouldn't do it. > > Ten years ago it was new, cool, and ~500M was a big download so it was > probably worth it. Now, you probably download 500M of Javascript > visiting some websites. > > In some countries ISPs limit aggressively the throughput of single tcp connections, and torrents are the only mean available to get more than 20% your billed speed
