[Xastir] torrents and xastir

[John Ronan]

Excuse the top post,

I'd be happy to use Disk space(lots)/network(gigabit) from here to  
help out, actually if anyone snagged the stuff from the server over  
IPv6 it would be even better ;)

Cheers
John

On 1 Aug 2008, at 15:41, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Gerry Creager wrote:
>
>> Imagine a site with a CONUS map (to start, and thinking small; we  
>> could scale up) where you can use a bounding box to identify your  
>> region of interest or cursor to select a particular point (map).   
>> After that selection you see an inventory of different maps and  
>> types of maps available, and you use a check-list to identify the  
>> ones you want.  The site prepares a separate page/Torrent stream  
>> to provide these, and the page is lightly persistent (days before  
>> it ages out) and indexed on a page of recent selections.
>>
>> You'd have the option of getting the data via download or Torrent  
>> at that point.  Simplified data delivery.
>
> In this case you don't gain any advantages of the peer-to-peer
> distributed transfer.  You only gain the advantage of another method
> of server->client that may be easier to use at the client end.
>
> We'd need a server with the space for 100 DVD's worth of data for
> DRG's and another 100 for DOQQ's plus space for other types of maps,
> professionaly backed-up.  Also need a big pipe 'cuz non-Xastir
> people will find it too.
>
> Now:  Imagine the same kind of a setup as you describe but have it
> auto-create the torrent files and keep them around, plus post them
> on a web site.  As maps get distributed from BIGSERVER over
> torrrent, the bandwidth required would go down over time assuming
> enough people became seeders.
>
> Of course the reality is the server would become more popular over
> time, but the torrents might keep the total bandwidth used more
> under control.  Less of an exponential rise anyway.
>
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