Filesharing mal anders.
Torrentfreak über den Einsatz von BitTorrent bei Twitter:
“Using the file-sharing protocol, we launched a side-project called Murder and after a few days (and especially nights) of nervous full-site tinkering, it turned a 40 minute deploy process into one that lasted just 12 seconds,” [Twitter engineer Larry] Gadea commented.
BitTorrent is 75 times faster when compared to the old server deployment system, reducing deployments across thousands of servers to just a few seconds. With BitTorrent, every server not only downloads the new files, but also becomes a distribution point that helps to spread it to others.
Torrentfreak über den Einsatz von BitTorrent bei Facebook:
… WeiterlesenWith their BitTorrent-powered distribution system Facebook is now able to send a few hundred MB to tens of thousands of machines in just one minute.