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Explanation of Torrent and How to Get HSFX Fast - Fireskull - 20.12.2009
I will continue seeding HSFX 4.1 from my uTorrent to peers getting the download.
My seeded download of 4.1 reached 1 to 2 MB per second of download speed with a peek of about 5 MB per second! For those who don't know, this is very fast downloading speed. The uTorrent is designed so you can help others by sharing, called "seeding". You become a seed once you get all the parts of the download. As you are getting the parts of the download, you are a peer.
A bunch of people can make this very efficient. With seeding, there is no more competing for the same thread or mirror which slows everyone's download time. However, more people only speed the distribution if peers in a swarm have fast data transfer rates. Having fast transfer and wide bandwidth allows the seed to upload to peers very quickly. I, as a seed, can upload upto 5 MB per second per peer.
If your internet connection allows only slow downloading, then this will not help you get fast downloads from a fast seed. You can only get what your connection speed will allow.
A nice sized group results in a bunch of people having very fast downloading in overlapping fashion at the same time if all have fast data transfer rates. If you have fairly slow download speed, then keep your uTorrent connected to eventually get it. When people connect into the Torrent, the seeding will excellerate among those who have fast transfer rates. A greater number of peers, called a swarm, will increase the number of available parts of the HSFX 4.1 downloads, increasing the possibility that the part which you need will be sent to you sooner.
Remember that this system is constructed to encourage sharing of seeds and discourage individual efforts. Loners will often, though not all the time, get slower download speeds. Swarms-when many people get the clue and are connected at the same time, causes massive seeding and fast downloading, uploading, and seeding (For all those who have connections that allow fast downloading).
Some people say they are getting the whole download in a couple minutes or less than 1 minute. Mine took about 5 minutes. The seeding is the system of seeds (those who have the complete download) who share the parts of the download that someone else needs, without writing too technical here. Peers who are missing various parts of the download get what they need while at the same time giving to other peers what is needed by those peers. By helping others get what they need, you get what you need faster. Clever, huh?
Surely you can understand why connection speeds and gathering at the same time are very important. Some leave their computer connected for quite a long time, both seeds and peers, as a good will gesture of assistance to others.
All Aircraft Arcade and other communities will benefit with more unity and efficiency through the Torrent. The IL-2 Society is evolving in more integration. HSFX is a leader in this-thanks everyone involved.
Expect IL-2 modding communities to utilize Torrent for the distribution of significant sizes of downloads in the future. This is because of the obvious general improvement over previous methods of distribution.
The best time to get the seeds from my uTorrent should be close to Lunchtime, Eastern Standard Time - USA.
Seeding from me continues... - Fireskull - 21.12.2009
Choose anytime or the most active times with Torrent - Fireskull - 23.12.2009
Lunchtime, Eastern Standard Time, USA, is a good time to enter Torrent. Start Torrent download and leave for lunch. You can still get good results when you choose times with heavy traffic.
Note: This has changed from the previous methods of everyone packing a download site at peek traffic times with slow downloading and trying to find a time with little downloading traffic.
With Torrent, peek traffic times are no problem.