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Re: sounds like Emule/Edonkey Hmm.... I really don't have a problem with eMule myself. Yeah, you gotta let it run for a bit before the downloads start, but everything comes through. It works MUCH better than torrents for any files that are less than popular, because it is specifically NOT designed around swarming. Swarming ensures popular files are fast, to the exclusion of unpopular stuff.
Of course, if you have problems never getting downloads in eMule, perhaps you should remove draconian limits on how much you're uploading. It really DOES make a difference.
Does this belong in torrents? Only if you want to change the nature of the network. As I understand it, "Super Seeding" does a similar job as this, ensuring that only clients who are uploading chunks back to the network get chunks. However, this only works with the initial seeder. The idea is that once everybody has a copy of the file, the swarm has "started", and at that point, it is fair for all. Myself, I've never had a problem getting any halfway recent files to download on torrents either. I'm not even sure I could get files any faster with a "selfish" client. You see, I already am able to saturate my 6mbit if I want, and I just don't have anymore capacity for downloads. So why cheat? |
