On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Earle Martin <earle(a)downlode.org> wrote:
I'm not worried about reliability, but I thought
the upside of
distributing Big Files through BitTorrent was that it took the stress
off the originating server, which otherwise has to handle everything
(and certainly multiple times if the download breaks in the middle for
whatever reason). I guess this isn't a problem if you have a hefty
enough pipe, though.
Or few enough downloaders. Wikimedia's bandwidth use is what, a few
Gbps? Are the number of people downloading these dumps actually going
to be enough to make a noticeable difference? I haven't heard that
stated as a concern by Brion or anyone, so I assume not.