Re: [Mldonkey-users] Investigation: No download for some, full downloads for the other

[Fabian Henrici]

MLdonkey wrote:
> The connected clients set would be limited by a
> "max_connected_clients" global value. 
> When a client would disconnect, it would be stored in one of the
> different sources set (fifo in fact), depending on the result of the
> connection. Then, another source would be taken from the sources set
> (probably in the order I've displayed them), and connected, depending
> on the option "max_clients_per_second".
>
> 1) What do you think of this approach ?
> 2) Do you know the approaches used in eMule, eDonkey or Overnet ?
>
> Note that we could implement three sets of sets of sources, ie one for
> high priority files, one for normal files, and one for low priority files.
>
> Any comments ?
>
> - MLDonkey

Perhaps mld should consider how near it is to max_hard_download_rate, 
for example if it is set to 80KB/s and real download_rate is 79KB/s 
there is neither need nor use for many (just a few to keep up) new 
sources, on the other hand if it is nearer to 10KB/s more sources are 
clearly needed and the "administrative traffic" is justified.
It doesn't need more sources if it can't go faster anyway :-)

Fabian