"David Mathog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> Is there a reason bittorrent isn't suited to this application? > > That would probably work too. > > I also recall reading about "broadcast" methods for doing this sort > of distribution.
John Ioannidis designed a protocol for this years ago called the Coherent File Distribution Protocol, CFDP. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1235 It can be used for things like mass loading hundreds of machines with a single file on a broadcast fabric. It was originally intended for loading huge numbers of clients over a wireless broadcast network, for which it worked quite well. There hasn't been much interest in it over time, perhaps because the sorts of problems it was intended for are rare enough that people just use ad hoc methods. I think JI's original implementation is open source, though it is quite creaky at this point. If there is interest, I can ask him to put it up on the web somewhere. -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
