My bandwidth limit is bigger than your bandwidth limit. :>
Can also do monitoring/limiting/etc, so yeah, we could do a CDN/mirror thing and definitely not have anything to worry about.
quote: primarily because I don't have a torrenting program installed
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients
quote: it's a bit iffy running it when I'm on-site or at work.
It's no less iffy than running an FTP program when you're on-site or at work.
Torrenting is a perfectly valid tech for distributing load and downloading files whilst responding to changes in network speed.
Anyway, no reason why we can't have both traditional mirrors, as well as [at least one] permanent torrent seed, and let people use whichever method they prefer. Options good. :) |