Mumberthrax Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 If there are storage and bandwidth limitations that our second box (for hosting nerd.nu/backups) is nearing, I suggest nerd distribute .torrent files for these downloads. This would enable players to contribute a little bit of bandwidth by seeding the torrents, reducing strain on the second box when someone goes to download many large files. If storage really is an issue, then with enough seeders you could probably just remove some of the files from the server to clear out space, letting the torrents do the work. http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Torrent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwall_hp Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I think it would mostly just be extra overhead and effort. Torrents typically only work well when you have many seeders...which we're not likely to get from our small community. Given that there aren't too many regular downloads from the site, and the data transfer isn't metered on that plan (to my knowledge) it wouldn't really have much in the way of savings and would merely create potential frustration due to lack of seeding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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