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Re: [Mldonkey-users] compressed transfer mode
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Ivo |
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Re: [Mldonkey-users] compressed transfer mode |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:57:07 +0200 |
> Emule has a compressed transfer mode, so that transfers between two emule
> clients are much faster. Each chunk, that is transfered is being compressed
> on the uploading PC und decompressed again on the downloading PC. This is a
> much more effective use of bandwith than sending uncompressed chunks. Would
> it be possible to make MLdonkey able to send compressed chunks to other
> MLdonkey or Emule Clients? That would probably increase CPU load, but I
> think, normally the limitating factor is the available upload/download
> bandwith and not the CPU.
>
> What do you think about this feature?
Would that make much of a difference? Most shared files are (should be)
compressed already; would extra compression make it much smaller?
Ivo