On 2 Apr 2003, Jeff Bearer wrote: > > - "How does Red Hat feel about programs like BitTorrent as a primary > > method of distribution?" > > Was my post really that hard to understand? It seemed pretty clear to > me but it should, I wrote it. Let me try to explain. > > Pretend I posted this next Monday and the iso's are on every FTP server > in the world, now let me ask the question. "How does Red Hat feel about > utilizing BitTorrent as a major method of official distribution." They > would create the .torrent file. and seed the ISO's. And people are > actually able to get shrike without having to wait 2 weeks to find an > open slot on an ftp server.
Btw, as an additional follow-up, I agree that RH should move to BT as an offical alternative to HTTP/FTP based downloads. Anyone that wonders why should go to: http://207.44.142.96/graphs.html As downloading from RHN becomes more popular the RHN becomes slower. But the graphs.html shows that the original spot that provided the BitTorrent downloads has a sharp *decrease* in bandwidth use as popularity increases going from 1.38Gb/s down to 0.46Gb/s in less than 48 hours. I wonder if RH would be willing to post MRTG graphs for RHN bandwidth for comparison. :) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
